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Gross Margin for Yum! Brands (YUM)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

45.7%

YoY change

−1.31pp

Trough year (2005)

23.8%

Peak year (2000)

54.1%

Gross Margin history chart for Yum! Brands (YUM) from 1997 to 2025

Latest: 46.2%

Gross Margin change chart for Yum! Brands (YUM) from 1997 to 2025

Latest: −1.31pp

Gross Margin history table for Yum! Brands (YUM) from 1997 to 2025

  • 202546.2%-1.31pp
  • 202447.5%-1.93pp
  • 202349.4%+1.07pp
  • 202248.3%+0.25pp
  • 202148.1%+0.55pp
  • 202047.5%-2.74pp
  • 201950.3%+3.55pp
  • 201846.7%+1.02pp
  • 201745.7%+3.77pp
  • 201641.9%+2.20pp
  • 201539.7%+13.86pp
  • 201425.9%-0.29pp
  • 201326.2%-0.58pp
  • 201226.8%-0.85pp
  • 201127.6%-0.80pp
  • 201028.4%+2.72pp
  • 200925.7%+1.40pp
  • 200824.3%-0.70pp
  • 200725.0%-0.81pp
  • 200625.8%+1.98pp
  • 200523.8%-23.79pp
  • 200447.6%-0.59pp
  • 200348.2%-1.33pp
  • 200249.5%+0.82pp
  • 200148.7%-5.43pp
  • 200054.1%+1.01pp
  • 199953.1%+1.95pp
  • 199851.2%+1.87pp
  • 199749.3%—

Gross Margin values are taken from Yum! Brands's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About Gross Margin at Yum! Brands (YUM)

According to Yum! Brands's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported gross margin is 45.7%. Gross margin is gross profit divided by revenue, expressed as a percentage. It shows how much of each sales dollar survives the direct cost of goods sold — before operating expenses, interest, and taxes. A higher gross margin generally signals pricing power and production efficiency. Margins are most meaningful compared against sector peers and a company's own history.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

The 2025 reading of Yum! Brands (YUM) gross margin is 46.17% – contracted 1.3 percentage points year-over-year.

54.14% stands as the all-time-high annual gross margin, posted in 2000, against a low of 23.82% during 2005.

Yum! Brands Gross Margin by Year

Yum! Brands Gross Margin 2025: 46.2%

Yum! Brands gross margin in 2025 was 46.17%, contracted 1.3 percentage points from 2024.

Yum! Brands Gross Margin 2024: 47.5%

2024's gross margin for Yum! Brands came in at 47.48%, contracted 1.9 percentage points from 2023.

Yum! Brands Gross Margin 2023: 49.4%

Yum! Brands posted gross margin of 49.41% in 2023, expanded 1.1 percentage points from 2022.

Yum! Brands Gross Margin 2022: 48.3%

In 2022, Yum! Brands reported gross margin of 48.33%, expanded 0.2 percentage points from 2021.

Yum! Brands Gross Margin 2021: 48.1%

Yum! Brands gross margin in 2021 was 48.09%.

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