---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001041061-26-000108"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "YUM"
cik: "0001041061"
company_name: "YUM BRANDS INC"
filed_at: "2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T01:32:04.838800+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Yum! Brands Q1 adj. EPS $1.50 (+15% YoY); Taco Bell SSS +8%

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $1.55; adjusted EPS $1.50, +15% YoY from $1.30.
- Worldwide system sales +6% ex-FX; same-store sales +3%; unit count +5% with 1,030 gross new openings.
- Taco Bell same-store sales +8% (U.S. +8%); KFC +2%; Pizza Hut even; Habit Burger +5%.
- Record digital system sales ~$11B, digital mix 63%; Core Operating Profit +6% (GAAP op profit +17%).
- Divisional core op profit: KFC +9%, Taco Bell +16%, Pizza Hut -16%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001041061-26-000108
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: YUM
- cik: 0001041061
- company_name: YUM BRANDS INC
- filed_at: 2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/1041061/000104106126000108/0001041061-26-000108-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106126000108/yum-20260429.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001041061-26-000108
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001041061-26-000108.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001041061-26-000108.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  YUM BRANDS INC reported first quarter ended March 31, 2026 results: EPS GAAP EPS was $1.55.
  - Period: first quarter ended March 31, 2026
  - EPS: GAAP EPS was $1.55
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) today reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026. First-quarter GAAP EPS was $1.55 and first-quarter EPS excluding Special Items was $1.50, a 15% increase year-over-year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106126000108/0001041061-26-000108-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.