Yum! Brands, Inc. reports results for the quarter ended September 30 - Earnings Summary

Yum! Brands

Tue 13:01

Yum! Brands, Inc. YUM.N reported quarterly adjusted earnings of $1.56​​ per share for the quarter ended September 30, lower than the same quarter last year, when the company reported EPS of $1.58.  The mean expectation of twenty six analysts for the quarter was for earnings of $1.49 per share. Wall Street expected results to range from $1.35  to $1.65 per share.
Revenue rose 3.8% to $2.05 billion from a year ago; analysts expected $2.05 billion. 
Yum! Brands, Inc.'s reported EPS for the quarter was $5.92​.
The company reported quarterly net income of $1.62 billion.
Yum! Brands, Inc. shares had risen by 15.6% this quarter and gained 4.2% so far this year.
FORECAST CHANGES
The mean earnings estimate of analysts had fallen by about 5.5% in the last three months.​ 
In the last 30 days, ten analysts negatively revised earnings estimates
RECOMMENDATIONS
The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy" and the breakdown of recommendations is 13 "strong buy" or "buy," 15 "hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell." The average consensus recommendation for the restaurants & bars peer group is also "buy" 
Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Yum! Brands, Inc. is $171.70, about 8.2% above its last closing price of $157.60
This summary was machine generated from LSEG data November 3 at 01:01 p.m. UTC. ​All figures in US dollars unless otherwise stated. (For questions concerning the data in this report, contact Estimates.Support@lseg.com. For any other questions or feedback, contact RefinitivNewsSupport@thomsonreuters.com)
QUARTER ENDING
ESTIMATE 
ACTUAL
BEAT, MET, MISSED
Sep. 30 2026 
1.49
1.56
Beat
Jun. 30 2026 
1.58
1.62
Beat
Mar. 31 2026 
1.38
1.50
Beat
Dec. 31 2025 
1.77
1.73
Missed