Yum Brands (YUM) Return on Invested Capital (2009 - 2026)

Yum Brands (YUM) has 18 years of Return on Invested Capital data on file, last reported at 0.01% in Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Return on Invested Capital fell 14.0% year-over-year to 0.01% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.01% (down 14.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.59%, up 12.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Invested Capital declined to 0.01% in Q1 2026, from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.15% in Q1 2025 to a low of 0.01% in Q1 2026.
• A 5-year average of 0.04% and a median of 0.03% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2025 — Return on Invested Capital increased 13 bps — and 2026, when it declined 14 bps.
• Tracing YUM's Return on Invested Capital over 5 years: stood at 0.04% in 2022, then slumped by 62 bps to 0.01% in 2023, then surged by 782 bps to 0.13% in 2024, then plunged by 86 bps to 0.02% in 2025, then plunged by 38 bps to 0.01% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Invested Capital figures came in at 0.01% (Q1 2026), 0.02% (Q4 2025), and 0.02% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.