YUM (Yum Brands) Dividend Payout Ratio : 0.49 (As of Sep. 2024)

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What is Yum Brands Dividend Payout Ratio?

The Dividend Payout Ratio is the measure of dividends paid out to shareholders relative to the company's net income. It is calculated as the Dividends per Share divided by the Earnings per Share (Diluted) during the same time period. Yum Brands's Dividend Payout Ratio for the months ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.49.

The historical rank and industry rank for Yum Brands's Dividend Payout Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

YUM' s Dividend Payout Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.41 Med: 0.49 Max: 0.77
Current: 0.51

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Yum Brands was 0.77. The lowest was 0.41. And the median was 0.49.

YUM's Dividend Payout Ratio is ranked worse than
57.83% of 166 companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 0.39 vs YUM: 0.51

As of today (2024-12-14), the Dividend Yield % of Yum Brands is 1.94%.

During the past 13 years, the highest Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Yum Brands was 3.51%. The lowest was 1.31%. And the median was 1.81%.

Yum Brands's Dividends per Share for the months ended in Sep. 2024 was $0.67.

During the past 12 months, Yum Brands's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 8.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 10.80% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 4.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Yum Brands was 73.80% per year. The lowest was -7.60% per year. And the median was 13.70% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Yum Brands Dividend Payout Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Yum Brands's Dividend Payout Ratio can be seen below:

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Yum Brands Dividend Payout Ratio Chart

Yum Brands Annual Data

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Dividend Payout Ratio

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0.47

0.52

0.45

0.50

0.47

Yum Brands Quarterly Data
	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24	Jun24	Sep24
Dividend Payout Ratio	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.42	0.48	0.58	0.50	0.49

Competitive Comparison of Yum Brands's Dividend Payout Ratio

For the Restaurants subindustry, Yum Brands's Dividend Payout Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Payout Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Yum Brands's Dividend Payout Ratio Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Yum Brands's Dividend Payout Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Yum Brands's Dividend Payout Ratio falls into.

Yum Brands Dividend Payout Ratio Calculation

Yum Brands's Dividend Payout Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio	=	Dividends per Share (A: Dec. 2023 )	/	EPS without NRI (A: Dec. 2023 )
	=	2.42	/	5.17
	=	0.47

Yum Brands's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio	=	Dividends per Share (Q: Sep. 2024 )	/	EPS without NRI (Q: Sep. 2024 )
	=	0.67	/	1.37
	=	0.49

Yum Brands (NYSE:YUM) Dividend Payout Ratio Explanation

In dividends investing, Dividend Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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Yum Brands Business Description

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Address

1441 Gardiner Lane, Louisville, KY, USA, 40213

Website

https://www.yum.com

Yum Brands is a US-based restaurant operator featuring a portfolio of four brands: KFC (29,900 global units at year-end 2023), Pizza Hut (19,866 units), Taco Bell (8,564 units), and The Habit Burger Grill (381 units). With $64 billion in 2023 systemwide sales, the firm is the second-largest restaurant company in the world behind McDonald's ($130 billion), ahead of Restaurant Brands International ($43 billion) and Starbucks ($29 billion). Yum is 98% franchised, with the largest franchisee, wide-moat Yum China, spun out in 2016, after which Yum China agreed to pay 3% royalties to Yum Brands in perpetuity. Yum is the newest evolution of Tricon, formerly a division of PepsiCo, and generates the bulk of its revenue from franchise royalties and marketing contributions.

Executives

David W Gibbs	director, officer: Chief Executive Officer	7100 CORPORATE DRIVE, PLANO TX 75024
Graddick Weir Mirian M	director	2000 GALLOPING HILL ROAD, KENILWORTH NJ 07033
Scott Catlett	officer: General Counsel and Corp. Sec.	1441GARDINER LANE, LOUISVILLE KY 40213
Sabir Sami	officer: Chief Executive Officer - KFC	1441 GARDINER LANE, LOUISVILLE KY 40213
Paget Leonard Alves	director	SPRINT NEXTEL, 6200 SPRINT PARKWAY KSOPHF0410 - 4A403, OVERLAND PARK KS 66251
Tracy L Skeans	officer: Chief People Officer	1441 GARDINER LANE, LOUISVILLE KY 40213
David Eric Russell	officer: Vice President, Controller	1441 GARDINER LANE, LOUISVILLE KY 40213
Mark James King	officer: CEO - Taco Bell	1441 GARDINER LANE, LOUISVILLE KY 40213
M. Brett Biggs	director	702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
Susan Doniz	director	C/O THE BOEING COMPANY, 100 RIVERSIDE PLAZA, MC 5003-1001, CHICAGO IL 60606-1596
Anthony Lowings	officer: CEO, KFC Division	1441 GARDINER LANE, LOUISVILLE KY 40213
Aaron Powell	officer: CEO - Pizza Hut	P.O. BOX 619100, DALLAS TX 75261-9100
Lauren R Hobart	director	345 COURT STREET, CORAOPOLIS PA 15275
Greg Creed	officer: President Taco Bell	1441 GARDINER LANE, LOUISVILLE KY 40213
Scrivner Annie Young	director	2401 UTAH AVE. S. SUITE 800, SEATTLE WA 98134