---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001041061-24-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "YUM"
cik: "0001041061"
company_name: "YUM BRANDS INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T01:47:20.040034+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Yum! Brands Q1: core op profit +6%; digital sales mix >50%; 808 new units

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $1.10; adjusted EPS $1.15; GAAP operating profit -1%, core operating profit +6%.
- Worldwide system sales +2% ex-FX with 6% unit growth; same-store sales -3%.
- KFC system sales +4%, Taco Bell +4%, Pizza Hut -4%; KFC unit growth +8% with 509 new restaurants.
- Acquired 218 KFC franchise restaurants in UK/Ireland on April 29; sold Devyani interest for $104M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001041061-24-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: YUM
- cik: 0001041061
- company_name: YUM BRANDS INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/1041061/000104106124000014/0001041061-24-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106124000014/yum-20240501.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001041061-24-000014
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001041061-24-000014.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001041061-24-000014.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  YUM BRANDS INC reported first quarter ended March 31, 2024 results: EPS $1.10.
  - Period: first quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - EPS: $1.10
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) today reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106124000014/0001041061-24-000014-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.