Yum! Brands (YUM) Expected to Announce Earnings on Wednesday

Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) will likely be releasing its Q4 2025 results before the market opens on Wednesday, February 4th. Analysts expect Yum! Brands to post earnings of $1.78 per share and revenue of $2.4512 billion for the quarter. Investors can check the company’s upcoming Q4 2025 earning summary page for the latest details on the call scheduled for Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at 7:00 AM ET.

Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, November 4th. The restaurant operator reported $1.58 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.46 by $0.12. Yum! Brands had a negative return on equity of 21.79% and a net margin of 17.95%.The firm had revenue of $1.98 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.96 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.37 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.4% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts expect Yum! Brands to post $6 EPS for the current fiscal year and $7 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Yum! Brands Stock Performance

NYSE:YUM opened at $154.03 on Wednesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $42.77 billion, a PE ratio of 30.03, a PEG ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 0.67. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $152.24 and its 200 day moving average is $148.53. Yum! Brands has a fifty-two week low of $128.29 and a fifty-two week high of $163.30.

Yum! Brands Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 12th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 2nd were paid a dividend of $0.71 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 2nd. This represents a $2.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.8%. Yum! Brands’s payout ratio is currently 55.36%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

YUM has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Barclays raised their price objective on shares of Yum! Brands from $175.00 to $179.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 7th. Evercore ISI upgraded Yum! Brands from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $165.00 to $180.00 in a report on Wednesday, November 5th. Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on Yum! Brands from $165.00 to $176.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 20th. Guggenheim reduced their target price on Yum! Brands from $167.00 to $160.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $179.00 target price on shares of Yum! Brands in a research report on Wednesday, January 7th. Thirteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and nine have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Yum! Brands presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $170.30.

Insider Transactions at Yum! Brands

In other Yum! Brands news, CEO Aaron Powell sold 2,790 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $150.48, for a total transaction of $419,839.20. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 26,650 shares in the company, valued at $4,010,292. This represents a 9.48% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Scott Mezvinsky sold 276 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $153.17, for a total transaction of $42,274.92. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 30,695 shares of company stock valued at $4,582,843 over the last 90 days. 0.33% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Yum! Brands

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Northern Trust Corp raised its stake in Yum! Brands by 5.6% in the third quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 3,348,846 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $509,025,000 after buying an additional 176,221 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of Yum! Brands by 5.5% in the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,943,187 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $447,364,000 after acquiring an additional 153,459 shares during the period. Sustainable Growth Advisers LP raised its position in shares of Yum! Brands by 4.0% in the 3rd quarter. Sustainable Growth Advisers LP now owns 2,735,106 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $415,736,000 after acquiring an additional 104,336 shares in the last quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. purchased a new stake in shares of Yum! Brands during the 3rd quarter worth $126,945,000. Finally, Marshall Wace LLP bought a new stake in Yum! Brands during the third quarter valued at about $86,944,000. 82.37% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Yum! Brands

Yum! Brands, Inc (NYSE: YUM) is a global quick-service restaurant company that develops, operates and franchises a portfolio of well-known restaurant brands. The company’s principal brands are KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, each focused on distinct product categories—KFC on fried chicken and related menu items, Pizza Hut on pizza and complementary offerings, and Taco Bell on Mexican-inspired quick-service food. Yum! is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky and was formed as Tricon Global Restaurants in 1997 when PepsiCo spun off its restaurant businesses, later adopting the Yum! Brands name.

The company’s operating model centers on brand development, system growth and franchising; a large portion of its restaurants are operated by independent franchisees, and Yum! generates revenue through franchise royalties and fees in addition to sales from company-operated locations.