Yum China Holdings (YUMC) Operating Margin (2015 - 2026)
Yum China Holdings (YUMC) posted Operating Margin of 13.67% for Q1 2026, up 106.3% sequentially from 6.62% in Q4 2025, and up 28.0% YoY from 10.68% in Q1 2025.
Yum China Holdings (YUMC) Operating Margin (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Yum China Holdings has reported Operating Margin for 12 years, with the latest figure at 13.67% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Operating Margin rose 28.0% year-over-year to 13.67% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 11.07% (up 59.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 10.93%, up 65.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin rose to 13.67% in Q1 2026 per YUMC's latest filing, from 6.62% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 14.26% in Q1 2023 and troughed at 1.96% in Q4 2022.
- A 5-year average of 9.51% and a median of 10.91% in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Operating Margin slumped 2567 bps in 2022, then jumped 710 bps in 2023.
- Over 5 years, Operating Margin stood at 1.96% in 2022, then soared by 125 bps to 4.41% in 2023, then jumped by 32 bps to 5.82% in 2024, then climbed by 14 bps to 6.62% in 2025, then soared by 106 bps to 13.67% in 2026.
- According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods registered 13.67%, 6.62%, and 12.48% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 11.09% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 13.67% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 6.62% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 12.48% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 10.91% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 13.38% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 5.82% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 12.08% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 9.93% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 12.64% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.41% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 11.08% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 9.68% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 14.26% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.96% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 11.77% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 3.81% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 7.16% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 27.63% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 6.97% |