Buyback yield (TTM)
1.18%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
3.03%
5Y share count change
-9.4%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$508.00M
Cumulative buybacks
$26.12B
Key takeaways
- Yum! Brands (YUM) repurchased about $508.00M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 9.4% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 9.07× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +18.2% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 60% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Yum! Brands (YUM)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for Yum! Brands (YUM)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for Yum! Brands (YUM)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for Yum! Brands (YUM)
Latest: $552.00M
Overview
In 2025, Yum! Brands (YUM) buyback spend totalled $552.00M – grew 25.2% year-over-year.
Yum! Brands buyback spend has grown for 2 consecutive years, with a +18.2% compound annual growth rate over 2020–2025 (5 years).
Yum! Brands buyback spend peaked at $5.40B in 2016; the latest annual figure is $552.00M in 2025 (89.8% below peak).
$5.40B stands as the all-time-high annual buyback spend, posted in 2016, against a low of $0.00 during 1997.
Yum! Brands Buyback Spend 2025: $552.00M
2025's buyback spend for Yum! Brands came in at $552.00M, grew 25.2% from 2024.
Yum! Brands Buyback Spend 2024: $441.00M
Yum! Brands posted buyback spend of $441.00M in 2024, surged 782.0% from 2023.
Yum! Brands Buyback Spend 2023: $50.00M
In 2023, Yum! Brands reported buyback spend of $50.00M, plunged 95.8% below 2022.
Yum! Brands Buyback Spend 2022: $1.20B
Yum! Brands buyback spend in 2022 was $1.20B, declined 24.6% below 2021.
Yum! Brands Buyback Spend 2021: $1.59B
Yum! Brands buyback spend in 2021 was $1.59B.
See more financial history for Yum! Brands (YUM).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $552.00M | $70.00M | $482.00M | 1.31% | 0.28B | -2.5% | |
| 2024 | $441.00M | $69.00M | $372.00M | 1.17% | 0.28B | 0.0% | |
| 2023 | $50.00M | $95.00M | −$45.00M | 0.14% | 0.28B | -1.7% | |
| 2022 | $1.20B | $84.00M | $1.12B | 3.31% | 0.29B | -4.0% | |
| 2021 | $1.59B | $75.00M | $1.52B | 3.91% | 0.30B | -1.6% | |
| 2020 | $239.00M | $97.00M | $142.00M | 0.73% | 0.31B | -1.9% | |
| 2019 | $815.00M | $59.00M | $756.00M | 2.67% | 0.31B | -4.9% | |
| 2018 | $2.39B | $50.00M | $2.34B | 8.31% | 0.33B | -7.3% | |
| 2017 | $1.96B | $65.00M | $1.90B | 7.13% | 0.35B | -11.3% | |
| 2016 | $5.40B | $80.00M | $5.32B | 23.31% | 0.40B | -9.7% | |
| 2015 | $1.20B | $57.00M | $1.14B | 5.21% | 0.44B | -2.2% | |
| 2014 | $820.00M | $55.00M | $765.00M | 3.56% | 0.45B | -1.7% | |
| 2013 | $770.00M | $49.00M | $721.00M | 3.27% | 0.46B | -2.5% | |
| 2012 | $965.00M | $50.00M | $915.00M | 4.54% | 0.47B | -1.7% | |
| 2011 | $752.00M | $59.00M | $693.00M | 3.81% | 0.48B | -1.0% | |
| 2010 | $371.00M | $47.00M | $324.00M | 2.20% | 0.49B | +0.6% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $56.00M | −$56.00M | — | 0.48B | -1.6% | |
| 2008 | $1.63B | $2.00M | $1.63B | 16.05% | 0.49B | -9.2% | |
| 2007 | $1.41B | $0.00 | $1.41B | 11.32% | 0.54B | -4.1% | |
| 2006 | $983.00M | $0.00 | $983.00M | 8.74% | 0.56B | -5.3% | |
| 2005 | $1.06B | $0.00 | $1.06B | 10.89% | 0.60B | -2.3% | |
| 2004 | $569.00M | $0.00 | $569.00M | 5.88% | 0.61B | -0.1% | |
| 2003 | $278.00M | $0.00 | $278.00M | 3.95% | 0.61B | -1.5% | |
| 2002 | $228.00M | $0.00 | $228.00M | 4.49% | 0.62B | +2.1% | |
| 2001 | $100.00M | $0.00 | $100.00M | 1.95% | 0.61B | +1.8% | |
| 2000 | $216.00M | $0.00 | $216.00M | — | 0.60B | -6.8% | |
| 1999 | $134.00M | $0.00 | $134.00M | — | 0.64B | +2.1% | |
| 1998 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.63B | +8.7% | |
| 1997 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.58B | — |
- 2025$552.00M
- 2024$441.00M
- 2023$50.00M
- 2022$1.20B
- 2021$1.59B
- 2020$239.00M
- 2019$815.00M
- 2018$2.39B
- 2017$1.96B
- 2016$5.40B
- 2015$1.20B
- 2014$820.00M
- 2013$770.00M
- 2012$965.00M
- 2011$752.00M
- 2010$371.00M
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$1.63B
- 2007$1.41B
- 2006$983.00M
- 2005$1.06B
- 2004$569.00M
- 2003$278.00M
- 2002$228.00M
- 2001$100.00M
- 2000$216.00M
- 1999$134.00M
- 1998$0.00
- 1997$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Yum! Brands (YUM)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 9.07×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Yum! Brands (YUM)
How Yum! Brands splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Yum! Brands, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
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| $2.52B | |
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Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $851.00M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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