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Yum China Holdings (MEX:YUMC) Dividend Yield % : 1.33% (As of Mar. 04, 2025)


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What is Yum China Holdings Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2025-03-04), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Yum China Holdings is 1.33%.

Warning Sign:

Yum China Holdings Inc stock dividend yield is close to 1-year low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Yum China Holdings's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

MEX:YUMC' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.21   Med: 0.98   Max: 1.96
Current: 1.33

During the past 12 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Yum China Holdings was 1.96%. The lowest was 0.21%. And the median was 0.98%.

MEX:YUMC's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
64.84% of 182 companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 2.16 vs MEX:YUMC: 1.33

Yum China Holdings's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was 0.53.

During the past 12 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Yum China Holdings was 0.46. The lowest was 0.07. And the median was 0.27.

As of today (2025-03-04), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Yum China Holdings is 2.19%.

Yum China Holdings's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was MXN3.34.

During the past 12 months, Yum China Holdings's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 23.10% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 10.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 11.30% per year.

During the past 12 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Yum China Holdings was 33.90% per year. The lowest was 4.60% per year. And the median was 19.75% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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* Please note that "special dividend" is not included in the calculation of dividend per share and related fields.


Yum China Holdings Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Yum China Holdings's Dividend Yield % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Yum China Holdings Dividend Yield % Chart

Yum China Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.66 0.98 0.87 0.93 1.28

Yum China Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
Dividend Yield % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.93 1.25 1.70 1.45 1.28

Competitive Comparison of Yum China Holdings's Dividend Yield %

For the Restaurants subindustry, Yum China Holdings's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % 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 China Holdings's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Yum China Holdings's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Yum China Holdings's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Yum China Holdings Dividend Yield % Calculation

Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Yum China Holdings Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.1600002024-11-262024-11-262024-12-17Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:MXN 20.338100
USD 0.1600002024-08-272024-08-272024-09-17Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:MXN 19.138200
USD 0.1600002024-05-242024-05-282024-06-18Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:MXN 16.803300

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

Yum China Holdings's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=9.004736/897.77
=1.00 %

Current Share Price is MXN897.77.
Yum China Holdings's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is MXN9.004736.

Yum China Holdings's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=13.016384/897.77
=1.45 %

Current Share Price is MXN897.77.
Yum China Holdings's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as MXN3.254096 * 4 = MXN13.016384.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Yum China Holdings  (MEX:YUMC) Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

In dividends investing, 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 China Holdings Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
20 Tian Yao Qiao Road, Yum China Building, Shanghai, CHN, 200030
With more than 16,000 units and almost USD 12 billion in systemwide sales in 2024, Yum China is the largest restaurant operator in China. It generates revenue through its own restaurants and franchise fees. Key concepts include KFC (11,648 units) and Pizza Hut (3,724), but the company's portfolio also includes other brands such as Little Sheep, Taco Bell, Huang Ji Huang, and Lavazza (collectively representing more than 1,000 units). Yum China is a trademark licensee of Yum Brands, paying 3% of total systemwide sales to the company it separated from in October 2016.