secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Yum China Holdings, Inc. (YUMC)
CIK:        0001673358
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-188588
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.90
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud

Yum China Reports Q1 2026 Revenue Up 10%, Operating Profit Up 12%, Record Store Openings
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- Total revenues increased 10% YoY to $3.3 billion; operating profit grew 12% YoY to $447 million.
- Opened 636 net new stores in Q1, an all-time quarterly high; total store count reached 18,737.
- Same-store transactions grew 2% YoY, the 13th consecutive quarter of growth; OP margin expanded 30 bps.
- Diluted EPS increased 13% YoY to $0.87; returned $316 million to shareholders via buybacks and dividends.
- KFC system sales up 5% YoY; Pizza Hut operating profit up 18% YoY; delivery sales grew 31% YoY.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1673358/000119312526188588/0001193125-26-188588-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1673358/000119312526188588/yumc-20260429.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-188588

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