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

Yum Brands (YUM) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.21% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Sales rose 3.0% year-over-year to 0.21%, compared with a TTM value of 0.19% through Dec 2025, down 1.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.19%, down 1.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Sales was 0.21% for Q4 2025 at Yum Brands, up from 0.2% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.33% in Q3 2021 and bottomed at 0.14% in Q2 2022.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.21%, with a median of 0.2% recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Sales rose 17bps in 2021, then fell -13bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.17% in 2021, then fell by 0bps to 0.17% in 2022, then soared by 30bps to 0.23% in 2023, then dropped by -21bps to 0.18% in 2024, then increased by 19bps to 0.21% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for YUM at 0.21% in Q4 2025, 0.2% in Q3 2025, and 0.19% in Q2 2025.