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

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.