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

Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) is expected to announce its Q1 2026 results before the market opens on Wednesday, April 29th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $1.37 per share and revenue of $2.0351 billion for the quarter. Investors can find conference call details on the company’s upcoming Q1 2026 earning report page for the latest details on the call scheduled for Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at 8:15 AM ET.

Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 4th. The restaurant operator reported $1.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by ($0.03). The company had revenue of $2.52 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.45 billion. Yum! Brands had a negative return on equity of 22.42% and a net margin of 18.98%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 6.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.61 EPS. On average, analysts expect Yum! Brands to post $7 EPS for the current fiscal year and $7 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Yum! Brands Trading Up 0.1%

NYSE YUM opened at $160.36 on Monday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $160.11 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $154.20. The stock has a market cap of $44.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.89, a P/E/G ratio of 2.23 and a beta of 0.66. Yum! Brands has a 12-month low of $137.33 and a 12-month high of $169.39.

Yum! Brands Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 6th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 20th were issued a $0.75 dividend. This is an increase from Yum! Brands’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.71. This represents a $3.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 20th. Yum! Brands’s dividend payout ratio is 54.05%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Christopher Lee Turner sold 242 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $166.02, for a total transaction of $40,176.84. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 65,297 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $10,840,607.94. This trade represents a 0.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Scott Mezvinsky sold 1,612 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, February 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $164.63, for a total transaction of $265,383.56. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 14,138 shares of company stock valued at $2,289,990 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 0.14% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Compound Planning Inc. increased its holdings in Yum! Brands by 9.3% in the fourth quarter. Compound Planning Inc. now owns 4,115 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $623,000 after buying an additional 350 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. increased its holdings in Yum! Brands by 42.2% in the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 4,183,964 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $632,950,000 after buying an additional 1,240,777 shares in the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its holdings in Yum! Brands by 53.9% in the fourth quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 246,380 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $37,272,000 after buying an additional 86,265 shares in the last quarter. Alberta Investment Management Corp purchased a new position in Yum! Brands in the fourth quarter valued at $5,476,000. Finally, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV increased its holdings in Yum! Brands by 70.7% in the fourth quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 105,760 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $15,999,000 after buying an additional 43,805 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 82.37% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have issued reports on YUM shares. Barclays set a $185.00 price target on shares of Yum! Brands and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Wells Fargo & Company reaffirmed a “positive” rating on shares of Yum! Brands in a report on Thursday, February 5th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of Yum! Brands from $160.00 to $170.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $179.00 price target on shares of Yum! Brands in a report on Wednesday, January 7th. Finally, Gordon Haskett raised shares of Yum! Brands from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 8th. Twelve research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and nine have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Yum! Brands currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $174.50.

Yum! Brands Company Profile

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.