Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Yum! Brands (YUM) P/E ratio is 23.7× as of July 22, 2026. The ratio is calculated by dividing market capitalisation by trailing twelve-month earnings (net income), using USD-normalised financials (IAS 21 exchange-rate translation for non-USD reporters).

Question 2

How is the P/E ratio calculated?

Accepted Answer

P/E = Share Price ÷ Trailing Twelve-Month (TTM) Diluted EPS, or equivalently Market Capitalisation ÷ TTM Net Income. 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/E ratio?

Accepted Answer

The price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio, also called the earnings multiple, measures how much investors pay per dollar of a company's trailing twelve-month (TTM) earnings. It is calculated as share price ÷ TTM diluted EPS (equivalent to market capitalisation ÷ TTM net income). A higher P/E implies the market is pricing in stronger future earnings growth or lower risk; a lower P/E can signal slower expected growth, higher risk, or potential undervaluation.

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

There is no universal "good" P/E. As a rule of thumb, the S&P 500 has historically averaged a P/E in the mid-to-high teens; mature, slow-growth businesses commonly trade in the 10–18× range, while high-growth or asset-light companies often trade at 25–50×+. What matters is the comparison to sector peers and to the company's own historical range. For Yum! Brands specifically, the relevant sector benchmark is the current sector median of 21.7×.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Yum! Brands's P/E ratio of 23.7× is below its own 5-year average of 25.6× and above the sector median of 21.7×. That places the current reading at the 19th 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/E ratio range?

Accepted Answer

In the available daily series, Yum! Brands (YUM) P/E ratio has ranged from a low of 8.7× in 2002 to a high of 36.3× in 2020. The 5-year average is 25.6× and the 5-year median is 25.5×.

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

Yum! Brands (YUM) P/E ratio at the end of 2025 was 27.0×. Annual values reflect the multiple on the last trading day of each calendar year, using the trailing twelve-month earnings figure available at that date.

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

Valuation multiples move with two inputs: the numerator (market capitalisation, which tracks the share price) and the denominator (earnings). 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	$1.56B	27.0×	+1.7×	Dec 31, 2025
2024	$37.6B	$1.49B	25.3×	+2.3×	Dec 31, 2024
2023	$36.7B	$1.6B	23.0×	-4.4×	Dec 31, 2023
2022	$36.2B	$1.33B	27.4×	+1.5×	Dec 31, 2022
2021	$40.7B	$1.58B	25.8×	-10.4×	Dec 31, 2021
2020	$32.8B	$904M	36.3×	+12.7×	Dec 31, 2020
2019	$30.5B	$1.29B	23.6×	+4.9×	Dec 31, 2019
2018	$28.8B	$1.54B	18.7×	-1.9×	Dec 31, 2018
2017	$27.5B	$1.34B	20.5×	+6.1×	Dec 31, 2017
2016	$23.2B	$1.61B	14.4×	-3.4×	Dec 31, 2016
2015	$23B	$1.29B	17.8×	-4.1×	Dec 26, 2015
2014	$23B	$1.05B	21.9×	+0.4×	Dec 27, 2014
2013	$23.5B	$1.09B	21.6×	+8.3×	Dec 28, 2013
2012	$21.3B	$1.6B	13.3×	-1.6×	Dec 29, 2012
2011	$19.7B	$1.32B	15.0×	+0.4×	Dec 31, 2011
2010	$16.9B	$1.16B	14.6×	+3.3×	Dec 25, 2010
2009	$12.1B	$1.07B	11.3×	+0.7×	Dec 26, 2009
2008	$10.1B	$964M	10.5×	—	Dec 27, 2008
2006	$11.2B	$824M	13.6×	+1.0×	Dec 31, 2006
2005	$9.3B	$736M	12.6×	-0.4×	Dec 31, 2005
2004	$9.68B	$740M	13.1×	+1.7×	Dec 25, 2004
2003	$7.04B	$617M	11.4×	+2.7×	Dec 27, 2003
2002	$5.08B	$583M	8.7×	—	Dec 28, 2002


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

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

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

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

Yum! Brands P/E Ratio by Year

Yum! Brands P/E Ratio 2025: 27.0×

Yum! Brands P/E Ratio 2024: 25.3×

Yum! Brands P/E Ratio 2023: 23.0×

Yum! Brands P/E Ratio 2022: 27.4×

Yum! Brands P/E Ratio 2021: 25.8×

Sector peers by P/E Ratio — chart

Sector peers by P/E Ratio — table

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