---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001041061-25-000048"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "YUM"
cik: "0001041061"
company_name: "YUM BRANDS INC"
filed_at: "2025-08-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T20:22:29.115407+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Yum! Q2 EPS ex-items $1.44 (+7% YoY); digital mix record 57%; CEO succession to Chris Turner Oct 1

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $1.33, ex-special items $1.44; worldwide system sales +4% ex-FX, led by Taco Bell +6%.
- Digital system sales >$9B with record 57% digital mix; 871 gross new units (+3% unit growth).
- Taco Bell U.S. same-store sales +4%; KFC International opened 566 gross new units across 58 countries.
- Board elected Chris Turner CEO effective Oct 1, 2025; Gibbs to serve as adviser through 2026.
- Pizza Hut operating profit -15%; Habit Burger system sales -1%, same-store sales -4%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001041061-25-000048
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: YUM
- cik: 0001041061
- company_name: YUM BRANDS INC
- filed_at: 2025-08-05T23:59:59+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/1041061/000104106125000048/0001041061-25-000048-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106125000048/yum-20250805.htm

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