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

Yum Brands' Return on Invested Capital history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.01% for 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 was 0.01% for Q1 2026 at Yum Brands, down from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.15% in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 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 advanced 13 bps — and 2026, when it decreased 14 bps.
• Yum Brands' Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.04% in 2022, then plunged by 62 bps to 0.01% in 2023, then jumped by 782 bps to 0.13% in 2024, then slumped by 86 bps to 0.02% in 2025, then slumped by 38 bps to 0.01% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows YUM's Return on Invested Capital at 0.01% in Q1 2026, 0.02% in Q4 2025, and 0.02% in Q3 2025.