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Yum Brands (YUM) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Yum Brands' Return on Equity history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.21% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Equity fell 2.0% year-over-year to 0.21%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.21%, down 2.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.21%, 2.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity reached 0.21% in Q4 2025 per YUM's latest filing, down from 0.19% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 0.14% in Q1 2023 to a low of 0.21% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 0.18%, with a median of 0.19% recorded in 2025.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Equity: dropped -8bps in 2021, then grew 6bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.19% in 2021, then grew by 23bps to 0.15% in 2022, then plummeted by -30bps to 0.2% in 2023, then rose by 1bps to 0.19% in 2024, then dropped by -8bps to 0.21% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for YUM's Return on Equity are 0.21% (Q4 2025), 0.19% (Q3 2025), and 0.18% (Q2 2025).