Yum Brands YUM Insider Ownership

Updated Oct 11, 2026

In the last 12 months, insiders at Yum Brands made open-market sales of $13.25 million (85.66K shares) and bought no shares on the open market.

• Counted by insider, open-market selling of YUM stock in the past 12 months came from 7 insiders, with no insider buying.
• Tracy L. Skeans (COO and CPO) sold the most Yum Brands stock on the open market over the past 12 months, $5.79 million (37.97K shares), most recently on August 24, 2026.
• Yum Brands' latest insider trade on the open market was a sale of 285 shares for $39,931 by Christopher Lee Turner (Chief Executive Officer) on October 7, 2026.
• Apart from open-market trades, YUM insiders received 21.98K shares in stock awards, acquired 136.33K shares through option exercises and conversions and gave up 17.71K shares to cover taxes or exercise prices in the past 12 months.
• Per Business Quant data, Yum Brands insiders hold 375.78K shares in total based on their latest Form 4 filings, down 9.56% from 415.49K shares at the end of Q2 2026 and down 5.05% from 395.76K shares at the end of Q3 2025.
• Indirect holdings, through trusts, partnerships, family members and other entities, make up 34.23% (128.64K shares) of Yum Brands' insider total, with the other 65.77% (247.14K shares) held directly.
• YUM's insider total is spread across 15 insiders who have filed a Form 4 in the past two years.
• YUM's largest insider holders by reported holdings are David W. Gibbs (Chief Executive Officer, 223.79K shares), Christopher Lee Turner (Chief Executive Officer, 63.23K shares) and Thomas Nelson (Director, 23.29K shares).
• The largest insider, David W. Gibbs, holds 59.55% of YUM's insider total.
• Institutional holders reported 88.74% of Yum Brands' outstanding shares for Q2 2026; insiders' latest Form 4 filings put their stake at about 0.14%, and other investors, including the public, hold the remaining 11.12%.
• A total of 78 Form 4 filings with transactions in Yum Brands stock were made over the past 12 months, by 21 insiders.
• Insider figures for YUM include Form 4 filings through October 7, 2026.