Valuation
26% of the score
24median 13
Yum! Brands is valued at 20.9x its operating profit, including debt: a rich multiple.
25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
20.9x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points
YUMYum! Brands
$138.29-3.0% 1Y
$138.29
$135.8352 weeks$167.34
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 58 out of 100, Average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Average. Yum! Brands scores higher than 64% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by return on capital and capital allocation, held back by valuation and return on new capital.
Consumer Cyclical median 61 · all companies 50
Return on capital
18% of the score
100median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 41% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
41%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 36%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
44median 49
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 2 cents. New capital earned 20%, and 12% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
2.4%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
87median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 1.8% a year over 5 years: buybacks
845%
-3%
-1.8%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 7% a year, sales 7.8%
9112%
-2%
-0.8%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
70median 62
Today's operating margin of 31% is 0.96x its normal 32%: close to its usual level. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
1x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 31%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
17median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA4.9x a year of EBITDA
04.5x
0.5x
4.9x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 5x
331.5x
12x
5x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
83median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.14x profit over 3 years
790.7x
1x
1.3x
1.1x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 6% of assets
908%
0%
-8%
-6%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.61
80-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.61
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.