---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001041061-25-000008"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "YUM"
cik: "0001041061"
company_name: "YUM BRANDS INC"
filed_at: "2025-02-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T01:20:57.374287+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Yum! Q4 adjusted EPS $1.61; Taco Bell same-store sales +5%; dividend raised 6%

## Summary
- Q4 GAAP EPS $1.49, adjusted EPS $1.61; full-year adjusted EPS $5.48 (+6% YoY).
- Worldwide system sales +8% ex-F/X; Taco Bell +14%, KFC +6%, Pizza Hut +3%.
- Taco Bell U.S. same-store sales +5% in Q4; KFC international units +8% to 31,981.
- Launched Byte by Yum! SaaS platform; 25,000 restaurants using at least one product.
- Dividend increased 6% to $0.71/share, payable Mar 7; terminated Turkey franchisee affecting 538 units.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001041061-25-000008
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: YUM
- cik: 0001041061
- company_name: YUM BRANDS INC
- filed_at: 2025-02-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106125000008/0001041061-25-000008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106125000008/yum-20250206.htm

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