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Yum Brands Inc.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
Signals align: quality at a discount to the sector
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5 of 5 met · composite above the peer average
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Mixed signals
Profitability
3/4
Debt & liquidity
1/3
Efficiency
0/2
Revenue growth at 8.8% — +119% above the sector median of 4.0% — sits alongside an operating margin of 31.3%, which runs +165% above the sector median of 11.8%, a combination that places Yum Brands Inc. well above the middle of Consumer Discretionary. The F-Score of 4/9 tells a more mixed story: profitability signals hold up, but the efficiency sub-score is weak and leverage is the clearest drag — Debt/EBITDA of 4.3× exceeds the sector median of 1.1× by +285%, a structural feature of the franchise model rather than a recent shift. Valuation sits below the sector on EV/EBITDA: 19.3× against a median of 20.4×, or -6% cheaper. Consensus carries a beat rate that has been strong across recent quarters, yet the realized EPS growth in SEC filings runs at a mid-range pace — the market's forward models may be pricing in a recovery the historical record has not yet delivered.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMZN | Amazon | 6/9 | 22% | +12% |
Quarter-by-quarter classification · a retrospective read by the current logic · not a price forecast
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. The method did not see these quarters in real time; this is the current logic applied to past reports.
When YUM reports on 2026-11-02, track whether revenue growth holds above the sector median of roughly 2% and whether the operating margin sustains its current 11.8% level. The F-Score profitability block sits at 3/4, so watch for any deterioration in return on assets or cash flow from operations as early warning signs.
YUM carries a Debt/EBITDA ratio 3.9 times above the sector median at 1.11x, which warrants a close read of the leverage disclosures in the annual 10-K on SEC EDGAR. Focus on management's discussion of refinancing timelines, covenant terms, and how franchise fee cash flows are expected to service that load.
Pick two or three companies from the same-sector table in section 06 and line up one metric — Debt/EBITDA or operating margin are the most relevant given YUM's profile. No company in that table is ranked; the exercise is to place YUM's 11.8% operating margin and elevated leverage in context against names you find worth examining.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: -22%+15%+9%+14%
Over 4 years: 4.914.514.394.27
Over 4 years: +4%+3%+7%+9%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 5 of 8 recent quarters — a mixed record.
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
| 11% |
| BABA | Alibaba | 3/9 | 10% | +8% | 5% |
| BKNG | Booking Holdings | 6/9 | — | +13% | 33% |
| F | Ford | 3/9 | -20% | +1% | -5% |
| GM | General Motors | 5/9 | 4% | -1% | 2% |
| HD | Home Depot | 3/9 | 146% | +3% | 13% |
| LOW | Lowe's | 6/9 | — | +3% | 12% |
| MAR | Marriott | 7/9 | — | +4% | 16% |
| MCD | McDonald's | 5/9 | — | +4% | 46% |
| NKE | Nike | 4/9 | 22% | +0% | — |
| ORLY | O'Reilly Automotive | 6/9 | — | +6% | 19% |
| ROST | Ross Stores | 6/9 | 37% | +8% | 12% |
| SBUX | Starbucks | 6/9 | — | +3% | 8% |
| TJX | TJX Companies | 7/9 | 59% | +7% | — |
| TSLA | Tesla | 5/9 | 5% | -3% | 5% |
| YUM | Yum Brands Inc. | 4/9 | — | +9% | 31% |
A sample of 16 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
A simplified retrospective read: no analyst forecast (not available historically); the source is the annual report as of the date, so neighbouring quarters can rest on the same data. Quarters with the same classification in a row are merged into one row — each row is one change in the read, not a separate quarter. One ticker is an illustration of the classification logic, not statistics. How we calculate →