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

Yum Brands has reported Tax Rate for 18 years, with the latest figure at 16.28% in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Tax Rate fell 2475.0% year-over-year to 16.28%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 19.65% (down 712.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 24.94%, up 315.0% from the prior year.
• Tax Rate for Q1 2026 stood at 16.28%, up from 11.86% in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Tax Rate was 42.56% in Q2 2022, with the low at 0.25% in Q1 2022.
• Historically, Tax Rate has averaged 20.52% across 5 years, with a median of 19.14% in 2023.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Tax Rate soared 4302 bps — and 2023, when it tumbled 3001 bps.
• Yum Brands' Tax Rate stood at 17.56% in 2022, then sank by 63 bps to 6.47% in 2023, then soared by 208 bps to 19.89% in 2024, then slumped by 40 bps to 11.86% in 2025, then soared by 37 bps to 16.28% in 2026.
• The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 16.28% (Q1 2026), 11.86% (Q4 2025), and 26.62% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.