secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Yum China Holdings, Inc. (YUMC)
CIK:        0001673358
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-25-060536
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Yum China Q1 EPS $0.77 (+8% YoY), same-store sales flat; margins expand
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- Diluted EPS rose 8% YoY to a Q1 record $0.77; revenue $3.0B (+1%); operating profit $399M (+7%).
- Same-store sales returned to 100% of prior-year levels; same-store transactions grew 6% YoY, 9th consecutive quarter.
- OP margin expanded 80bps to 13.4%; restaurant margin up 100bps to 18.6% driven by commodity and cost savings.
- KFC operating profit +4% to $386M; Pizza Hut +27% to $60M with restaurant margin up 190bps.
- Returned $262M to shareholders ($172M buybacks + $90M dividends); FY2025 net new store target 1,600-1,800.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1673358/000095017025060536/0000950170-25-060536-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1673358/000095017025060536/yumc-20250430.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-060536

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