---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001041061-24-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "YUM"
cik: "0001041061"
company_name: "YUM BRANDS INC"
filed_at: "2024-11-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T05:06:02.667586+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Yum! Brands Q3 GAAP EPS $1.35, adjusted EPS $1.37; Taco Bell US SSS +4%

## Summary
- Worldwide system sales +1% ex-FX; core operating profit +3%; GAAP operating profit +1%.
- KFC Division SSS -4%, unit growth +7% (685 gross new units); international unit growth +9%.
- Taco Bell Division SSS +4% (US), operating profit +11%; Pizza Hut SSS -4%.
- Digital system sales >$8B, digital mix >50%.
- GAAP EPS $1.35 vs $1.46 YoY; adjusted EPS $1.37 vs $1.44; $0.14 hit from higher tax/lower investment income.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001041061-24-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: YUM
- cik: 0001041061
- company_name: YUM BRANDS INC
- filed_at: 2024-11-05T23:59:59+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/1041061/000104106124000036/0001041061-24-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106124000036/yum-20241105.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001041061-24-000036
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001041061-24-000036.txt

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