---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001041061-25-000021"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "YUM"
cik: "0001041061"
company_name: "YUM BRANDS INC"
filed_at: "2025-04-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T01:50:08.555285+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Yum! Brands Q1 GAAP EPS $0.90, adjusted EPS $1.30 (+13% YoY); Taco Bell US same-store sales +9%

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $0.90; adjusted EPS $1.30 (up 13% YoY). Core operating profit grew 8%.
- Worldwide system sales +5% ex-FX; Taco Bell US same-store sales +9%; KFC international unit growth +7%.
- Pizza Hut division core operating profit declined 18% due to franchise transition costs and tech spending.
- CEO David Gibbs announced retirement in Q1 2026; board formed selection committee for successor.
- Collaboration with NVIDIA announced to develop AI technologies for restaurant operations globally.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001041061-25-000021
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: YUM
- cik: 0001041061
- company_name: YUM BRANDS INC
- filed_at: 2025-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106125000021/0001041061-25-000021-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106125000021/yum-20250430.htm

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