Yum Brands (YUM) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Yum Brands (YUM) posted Tax Rate of 16.28% for Q1 2026, up 37.24% on a QoQ basis from 11.86% in Q4 2025, and down 2475.0% year-over-year from 0.69% in Q1 2025.

Yum Brands (YUM) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Yum Brands' Tax Rate history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 16.28% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Tax Rate fell 2475.0% year-over-year to 16.28% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 19.65% (down 712.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 24.94%, up 315.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate was 16.28% for Q1 2026 at Yum Brands, up from 11.86% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 42.56% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 0.25% in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 20.52% and a median of 19.14% in 2023 frame the typical range for Tax Rate.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Tax Rate soared 4302 bps — and 2023, when it slumped 3001 bps.
  • Yum Brands' Tax Rate stood at 17.56% in 2022, then tumbled by 63 bps to 6.47% in 2023, then surged by 208 bps to 19.89% in 2024, then plunged by 40 bps to 11.86% in 2025, then surged by 37 bps to 16.28% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows YUM's Tax Rate at 16.28% in Q1 2026, 11.86% in Q4 2025, and 26.62% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Starbucks 118.28 Bn 116.58 Bn 6.32 Bn 29.84
2 Yum Brands 41.26 Bn 40.58 Bn 1.38 Bn 16.28
3 Chipotle Mexican Grill 41.21 Bn 40.34 Bn 2.61 Bn 25.38
4 Restaurant Brands International 25.26 Bn 24.25 Bn 2.14 Bn 7.87
5 Darden Restaurants 22.64 Bn 22.40 Bn 3.31 Bn 12.95
6 Yum China Holdings 15.35 Bn 13.92 Bn 2.31 Bn 27.21
7 Texas Roadhouse 12.76 Bn 12.54 Bn 1.40 Bn 14.31
8 Dominos Pizza 11.11 Bn 10.98 Bn 478.23 Mn 22.53
9 Dutch Bros 8.18 Bn 7.92 Bn 107.48 Mn 12.37
10 Brinker International 8.13 Bn 8.07 Bn 1.10 Bn 18.38

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 16.28
Mar 31, 2026 16.28
Mar 31, 2026 16.28
Dec 31, 2025 11.86
Dec 31, 2025 11.86
Dec 31, 2025 11.86
Sep 30, 2025 26.62
Sep 30, 2025 26.62
Sep 30, 2025 26.62
Jun 30, 2025 25.05
Jun 30, 2025 25.05
Jun 30, 2025 25.05
Mar 31, 2025 41.03
Mar 31, 2025 41.03
Mar 31, 2025 41.03
Dec 31, 2024 19.89
Dec 31, 2024 19.89
Dec 31, 2024 19.89
Sep 30, 2024 23.90
Sep 30, 2024 23.90