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Yum! Brands
Guidance from Yum! Brands’s last 8 earnings releases. Every value links to its sentence in the filing. See something wrong? Tell us.
Releases tracked
8
Latest release
Jul 30, 2026
Data checked
Jul 30, 2026
What changed in the Jul 30, 2026 release
Each item compared with the same item in the previous release (Apr 29, 2026). Values in quotation marks are the company’s words.
New — first stated in this releaseRaised / Lowered / Narrowed / Widened — changed from the prior releaseRevised — wording changed, direction not determinableChanged — value changed; the comparison couldn’t be parsed to a directionReiterated — restated unchangedNot restated — stated before, absent nowRaised and lowered describe the number, not whether the change is favorable.
| Change | Metric | Period | Previous | Now | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | KFC strategy rollout aspiration | for FY2027 | — | “have core elements of its strategy live across its Top 20 markets” | Filing ↗ |
| Reiterated | Core Operating Profit Growth | for the long term | “At least 8%” | “At least 8%” | Filing ↗ |
| Reiterated | System Sales Growth, excluding F/X | for the long term | “7%” | “7%” | Filing ↗ |
| Reiterated | Unit Growth | for the long term | “5%” | “5%” | Filing ↗ |
Show 4 items not restated in this release
| Change | Metric | Period | Previous | Now | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not restated | Taco Bell beverage sales | for FY2030 | “$5 billion” | — | Filing ↗ |
| Not restated | Long-term System Sales Growth target, excluding F/X | for the long term | “7% System Sales Growth, excluding F/X” | — | Filing ↗ |
| Not restated | Long-term Unit Growth target | for the long term | “5% Unit Growth” | — | Filing ↗ |
| Not restated | System Sales Growth, excluding F/X and 53rd week | for the long term | “7%” | — | Filing ↗ |
Current guidance
Guidance for periods that have not yet ended, at its most recent value, grouped by horizon.
Next year and medium term
Long term
| Metric | Current value | Period | Measure | First stated | Times stated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core Operating Profit Growth | “At least 8%” | for the long term | Company-defined | Feb 6, 2025 | 4 | Filing ↗ |
| Core Operating Profit Growth, excluding F/X and 53rd week | “At least 8%” | for the long term | Company-defined | Apr 30, 2025 | 2 | Filing ↗ |
| Long-term Core Operating Profit Growth target | “At least 8% Core Operating Profit Growth” | for the long term | Company-defined | Feb 4, 2026 | 1 | Filing ↗ |
| Long-term System Sales Growth target, excluding F/X | “7% System Sales Growth, excluding F/X” | for the long term | Company-defined | Feb 4, 2026 | 1 | Filing ↗ |
| Long-term Unit Growth target | “5% Unit Growth” | for the long term | Company-defined | Feb 4, 2026 | 1 | Filing ↗ |
| System Sales Growth | “7% System Sales Growth, excluding F/X and 53rd week” | for the long term | Company-defined | Feb 6, 2025 | 2 | Filing ↗ |
| System Sales Growth, excluding F/X | “7%” | for the long term | Company-defined | Apr 29, 2026 | 2 | Filing ↗ |
| System Sales Growth, excluding F/X and 53rd week | “7%” | for the long term | Company-defined | Apr 30, 2025 | 2 | Filing ↗ |
| Unit Growth | “5%” | for the long term | Company-defined | Feb 6, 2025 | 6 | Filing ↗ |
How one item moved
Core Operating Profit Growth, for the long term — every statement across the year, each linked to its filing.
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Get this for your own peer set — Peer Guidance Briefing, $3,000.
Full history
Every metric, every release, eight quarters — the complete record as one table.
| Metric | FY2030 | FY2027 | FY2026 | FY2025 | Long-term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core Operating Profit growth outlook | — | — | — | 1 statement | 5 statements |
| Core Operating Profit Growth, excluding F/X and 53rd week | — | — | — | — | 2 statements |
| Declared quarterly dividend per share | — | — | 1 statement | — | — |
| KFC strategy rollout aspiration | — | 1 statement | — | — | — |
| Live Más Café locations | — | — | — | 1 statement | — |
The full record for Yum! Brands and its Restaurants peers, delivered as a Peer Guidance Briefing — PDF and Excel, every value linked to its filing.
Filings
The 8 earnings releases this page is built from.
| Filed | Fiscal period | Accession | Guidance items | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | FY2026 Q2 | 0001041061-26-000149 | 4 | Open filing ↗ |
| Apr 29, 2026 | FY2026 Q1 | 0001041061-26-000108 | 3 | Open filing ↗ |
| Feb 4, 2026 | FY2025 Q4 | 0001041061-26-000003 | 4 | Open filing ↗ |
| Nov 4, 2025 | FY2025 Q3 | 0001041061-25-000091 | 4 | Open filing ↗ |
| Aug 5, 2025 | FY2025 Q2 | 0001041061-25-000048 | 5 | Open filing ↗ |
| Apr 30, 2025 | FY2025 Q1 | 0001041061-25-000021 | 3 | Open filing ↗ |
| Feb 6, 2025 | FY2024 Q4 | 0001041061-25-000008 | 4 | Open filing ↗ |
| Nov 5, 2024 | FY2024 Q3 | 0001041061-24-000036 | 0 | Open filing ↗ |
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