Yum! Brands, Inc. filings document the public-company record for a franchised restaurant operator with KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and Habit Burger brands. Form 8-K reports cover quarterly and annual results, earnings releases, board changes, bylaw amendments and material agreements tied to the company's restaurant-system financing structure.
Proxy materials describe director elections, executive compensation, shareholder-meeting procedures and governance practices. Other disclosures address Yum!'s NYSE-listed common stock, subsidiary financing arrangements, senior secured notes, restricted-group debt information and capital-structure matters associated with a large global quick-service restaurant franchisor.
YUM Brands COO and CPO Tracy L. Skeans reported a series of open-market sales of YUM common stock. On May 15, 2026, Skeans sold a total of 1,837 shares at a price of $152.00 per share, across eight separate non-derivative transactions. The footnotes state these sales were made pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, indicating they were pre-arranged rather than timed discretionarily.
T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. filed Amendment No. 1 to a Schedule 13G/A reporting 9,881,620 shares of YUM BRANDS INC common stock, representing 3.6% of the class. The filing shows sole voting power over 9,616,476 shares and sole dispositive power over 9,881,620 shares. The filing is signed by Ellen York, Vice President, dated 05/15/2026. The filer states that it does not admit beneficial ownership in the securities.
Yum Brands Inc. Chief Executive Officer Christopher Lee Turner reported an open-market sale of common stock. On May 1, 2026, he sold 250 shares at $160.48 per share in a transaction marked as an open-market sale.
After this sale, Turner directly holds 64,551.66 shares of Yum Brands common stock. The transaction was carried out pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, indicating it was pre-arranged rather than timed at his discretion.
Yum Brands CEO and Chairman Christopher Lee Turner reported an open-market sale of 250 shares of Yum Brands common stock at $160.48 per share on May 1, 2026, pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. After this transaction, he directly holds 64,551.66 common shares.
YUM Brands KFC Division CEO Scott Mezvinsky reported multiple equity transactions involving company common stock and stock appreciation rights. He exercised stock appreciation rights covering 483 shares of common stock at $68.00 per share and then disposed of the resulting shares through an open-market sale and a separate disposition to the issuer.
He sold 277 shares of common stock at an average price of $160.48 per share in an open-market sale and disposed of 206 shares to the issuer at $159.65 per share. Following these transactions, he reported no directly held common shares but continued to hold 3,859 stock appreciation rights. A footnote indicates the transactions were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, suggesting they were pre-arranged rather than opportunistic.
Vanguard Capital Management reported beneficial ownership of 20,837,384 shares of Yum! Brands Inc Common Stock (CUSIP 988498101), representing 7.53% of the class as reported for the period ended 03/31/2026. The filing shows sole voting power for 2,834,458 shares and sole dispositive power for 20,837,384 shares. The disclosure states these holdings include shares held for Vanguard funds and managed accounts and attributes dispositive power across several Vanguard affiliates. The filing was signed on 04/30/2026.
Yum! Brands Inc reported that Vanguard Portfolio Management beneficially owned 13,983,064 shares of common stock, equal to 5.05% of the class as of 03/31/2026. The filing states Vanguard exercises sole dispositive power over these shares and that holdings include securities held for Vanguard funds and managed accounts. The Schedule 13G is signed on 04/29/2026 and attributes voting and dispositive powers to Vanguard and certain affiliates.
Yum! Brands reported strong first-quarter 2026 results, with broad-based growth led by Taco Bell and KFC. GAAP diluted EPS was $1.55, up 72% from $0.90, while EPS excluding Special Items rose 15% to $1.50 from $1.30. Net income increased 71% to $432 million.
Total revenues grew 15% to $2.06 billion, driven by 6% worldwide system sales growth excluding foreign currency and a 5% increase in unit count, including 1,030 gross new units. Digital system sales approached $11 billion with a record 63% of system sales coming through digital channels.
KFC system sales excluding currency rose 6% with 7% unit growth and 16% operating profit growth. Taco Bell delivered 10% system sales growth, 8% same-store sales growth and 16% operating profit growth. Pizza Hut system sales were flat excluding currency and operating profit declined 14%, as U.S. system sales fell 6% while international grew 4%.
Core Operating Profit, which removes Special Items and currency, increased 6% to $612 million. The company reiterated long-term targets of 5% unit growth, 7% system sales growth excluding currency and at least 8% Core Operating Profit growth over time.