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

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

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales rose 3.0% year-over-year to 0.21%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.19%, down 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.19%, 1.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales reached 0.21% in Q4 2025 per YUM's latest filing, up from 0.2% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.33% in Q3 2021 to a low of 0.14% in Q2 2022.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.21%, with a median of 0.2% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: rose 17bps in 2021, then fell -13bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.17% in 2021, then fell by 0bps to 0.17% in 2022, then grew by 22bps to 0.21% in 2023, then decreased by -16bps to 0.18% in 2024, then increased by 19bps to 0.21% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for YUM's Return on Sales are 0.21% (Q4 2025), 0.2% (Q3 2025), and 0.19% (Q2 2025).