secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     YUM BRANDS INC (YUM)
CIK:        0001041061
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001041061-26-000003
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Yum! Brands Q4 GAAP EPS $1.91, adj. EPS $1.73; Taco Bell same-store sales +7%; dividend raised 6%
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- Full-year 2025 adjusted EPS $6.05, up 10% YoY; GAAP EPS $5.55.
- Q4 worldwide system sales grew 5% ex-F/X and excluding 53rd week; KFC +6%, Taco Bell +8%.
- KFC opened record 2,986 new stores in 2025; total units up 6% to 33,897.
- Board approved $0.75 quarterly dividend, a 6% increase; payable March 6, 2026.
- CFO announced strategic review of Pizza Hut brand and a Taco Bell store acquisition.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106126000003/0001041061-26-000003-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106126000003/yum-20260204.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001041061-26-000003

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