Question 1

What is Yum! Brands's P/FCF ratio?

Accepted Answer

Yum! Brands (YUM) P/FCF ratio is 25.0× as of July 22, 2026. The ratio is calculated by dividing market capitalisation by trailing twelve-month free cash flow, using USD-normalised financials (IAS 21 exchange-rate translation for non-USD reporters).

Question 2

How is the P/FCF ratio calculated?

Accepted Answer

P/FCF = Market Capitalisation ÷ Trailing Twelve-Month (TTM) Free Cash Flow, where Free Cash Flow = Operating Cash Flow − Capital Expenditures. All inputs are sourced from audited GAAP/IFRS filings and translated to USD using period-end exchange rates so the multiple is comparable across companies and currencies.

Question 3

What is the P/FCF ratio?

Accepted Answer

The price-to-free-cash-flow (P/FCF) ratio compares a company's market capitalisation to its trailing twelve-month (TTM) free cash flow. It is calculated as market cap ÷ TTM free cash flow, where free cash flow = operating cash flow − capital expenditures. Because FCF cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting items, P/FCF is often considered a cleaner measure of "earnings-power valuation" than P/E — especially for capital-intensive businesses where depreciation diverges from real cash outflows.

Question 4

What is a good P/FCF ratio for Yum! Brands?

Accepted Answer

Mature companies that consistently convert profit into cash often trade at 15–25× P/FCF; capital-intensive businesses with lumpy capex typically trade lower. Compare against sector peers and against the company's own multi-year average — single-year P/FCF can be distorted by working-capital swings. For Yum! Brands specifically, the relevant sector benchmark is the current sector median of 17.1×.

Question 5

Is Yum! Brands's P/FCF ratio high or low?

Accepted Answer

Yum! Brands's P/FCF ratio of 25.0× is below its own 5-year average of 27.3× and above the sector median of 17.1×. That places the current reading at the 14th percentile of its 10-year history. A higher multiple usually reflects stronger expected growth, lower perceived risk, or higher returns on capital; a lower multiple reflects the opposite.

Question 6

What is Yum! Brands's historical P/FCF ratio range?

Accepted Answer

In the available daily series, Yum! Brands (YUM) P/FCF ratio has ranged from a low of 12.7× in 2005 to a high of 43.7× in 2018. The 5-year average is 27.3× and the 5-year median is 26.9×.

Question 7

What was Yum! Brands's P/FCF ratio in 2025?

Accepted Answer

Yum! Brands (YUM) P/FCF ratio at the end of 2025 was 25.6×. Annual values reflect the multiple on the last trading day of each calendar year, using the trailing twelve-month free cash flow figure available at that date.

Question 8

Why does Yum! Brands's P/FCF ratio change over time?

Accepted Answer

Valuation multiples move with two inputs: the numerator (market capitalisation, which tracks the share price) and the denominator (free cash flow). Share-price changes — driven by interest rates, earnings expectations, risk appetite, and broader market sentiment — typically dominate short-term moves, while changes in the underlying fundamental drive the longer-term trend. As a result, the ratio can rise during stock-price rallies even if the business itself has not become more valuable, and fall during sell-offs even when fundamentals are improving.


2025	$42.1B	$1.64B	25.6×	-0.6×	Dec 31, 2025
2024	$37.6B	$1.43B	26.2×	-1.6×	Dec 31, 2024
2023	$36.7B	$1.32B	27.9×	-3.7×	Dec 31, 2023
2022	$36.2B	$1.15B	31.6×	+4.0×	Dec 31, 2022
2021	$40.7B	$1.48B	27.6×	-1.1×	Dec 31, 2021
2020	$32.8B	$1.15B	28.6×	+1.4×	Dec 31, 2020
2019	$30.5B	$1.12B	27.3×	-3.3×	Dec 31, 2019
2018	$28.8B	$942M	30.5×	-8.1×	Dec 31, 2018
2017	$27.5B	$712M	38.6×	+18.0×	Dec 31, 2017
2016	$23.2B	$1.12B	20.7×	+0.9×	Dec 31, 2016
2015	$23B	$1.17B	19.8×	-2.9×	Dec 26, 2015
2014	$23B	$1.02B	22.7×	+1.1×	Dec 27, 2014
2013	$23.5B	$1.09B	21.6×	+3.8×	Dec 28, 2013
2012	$21.3B	$1.2B	17.8×	+1.8×	Dec 29, 2012
2011	$19.7B	$1.23B	16.0×	+1.6×	Dec 31, 2011
2010	$16.9B	$1.17B	14.4×	-5.5×	Dec 25, 2010
2009	$12.1B	$605M	19.9×	+1.5×	Dec 26, 2009
2008	$10.1B	$551M	18.4×	—	Dec 27, 2008
2006	$11.2B	$688M	16.3×	+2.3×	Dec 31, 2006
2005	$9.3B	$663M	14.0×	-5.9×	Dec 31, 2005
2004	$9.68B	$486M	19.9×	+1.9×	Dec 25, 2004
2003	$7.04B	$390M	18.0×	+2.6×	Dec 27, 2003
2002	$5.08B	$328M	15.5×	—	Dec 28, 2002


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P/FCF Ratio for Yum! Brands (YUM) 2002-2026

P/FCF Ratio daily chart for Yum! Brands (YUM)

Historical P/FCF Ratio for Yum! Brands (YUM) from 2002 to 2025

About P/FCF Ratio at Yum! Brands (YUM)

Yum! Brands P/FCF Ratio by Year

Yum! Brands P/FCF Ratio 2025: 25.6×

Yum! Brands P/FCF Ratio 2024: 26.2×

Yum! Brands P/FCF Ratio 2023: 27.9×

Yum! Brands P/FCF Ratio 2022: 31.6×

Yum! Brands P/FCF Ratio 2021: 27.6×

Sector peers by P/FCF Ratio — chart

Sector peers by P/FCF Ratio — table

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