---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001041061-22-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "YUM"
cik: "0001041061"
company_name: "YUM BRANDS INC"
filed_at: "2022-02-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T09:27:46.139961+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Yum! Brands Q4 system sales up 9%; full-year record 4,180 net-new units; digital sales $22B

## Summary
- Q4 GAAP EPS $1.11 (+3%); adjusted EPS $1.02 (-12%). Full-year GAAP EPS $5.21 (+77%); adjusted EPS $4.46 (+23%).
- Q4 system sales growth: KFC +10%, Taco Bell +11%, Pizza Hut +4%. Full-year: +13% overall.
- Record 1,678 gross units added in Q4; full-year 4,180 gross units (industry record) driving 6% unit growth.
- Full-year digital sales reached a record $22B; Q4 digital sales over $6B.
- Repurchased 5.6M shares for $720M in Q4; full-year 13M shares for $1.6B.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001041061-22-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: YUM
- cik: 0001041061
- company_name: YUM BRANDS INC
- filed_at: 2022-02-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106122000005/0001041061-22-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106122000005/yum-20220209.htm

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