profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Yum China Holdings
$50.86+3.35% today
+9.7% in 1 year
1-year low $39.981-year high $57.95
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $18.41 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Yum China Holdings sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $9.57 billion in 2022 to $11.8 billion in 2025, with $929 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Yum China Holdings handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $1.1B$353M
Free cash flow 2025$840M
Bought back its own shares$1.1B
Paid as dividends$353M
Cash vs. debt$506M vs. $2.3B
Yum China Holdings vs. similar companies
Yum China Holdings grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yum China Holdings | 18.4× · Fair price | ||
 McDonald's | 22.4× · Fair price | ||
 Starbucks | 48.0× · Expensive | ||
 Compass Group | 30.7× · Expensive | ||
 Chipotle Mexican Grill | 29.1× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Yum China Holdings's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8,263 | 9,853 | 9,569 | 10,978 | 11,303 | 11,797 | |
| – | – | 1,427 | 1,885 | 1,890 | 2,039 | |
| 961 | 1,386 | 658 | 1,135 | 1,200 | 1,326 | |
| 1,411 | 1,902 | 1,260 | 1,588 | 1,676 | 1,774 | |
| 784 | 990 | 442 | 827 | 911 | 929 | |
| 1.95 | 2.28 | 1.04 | 1.97 | 2.33 | 2.51 | |
| – | – | 14.9% | 17.2% | 16.7% | 17.3% | |
| 11.6% | 14.1% | 6.9% | 10.3% | 10.6% | 11.2% | |
| 9.5% | 10.0% | 4.6% | 7.5% | 8.1% | 7.9% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 10,875 | 13,223 | 11,826 | 12,031 | 11,121 | 10,783 |
| Cash | 1,158 | 1,136 | 1,130 | 1,128 | 723 | 506 |
| Total debt | – | – | 2,398 | 2,537 | 2,409 | 2,342 |
| Total liabilities | 4,404 | 5,301 | 4,666 | 4,912 | 4,694 | 4,684 |
| 6,206 | 7,056 | 6,482 | 6,405 | 5,728 | 5,379 | |
| 402 | 434 | 425 | 420 | 390 | 371 | |
| 12.2% | 15.5% | 5.9% | 10.0% | 11.7% | 13.6% | |
| 12.6% | 14.0% | 6.8% | 12.9% | 15.9% | 17.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,114 | 1,131 | 1,413 | 1,473 | 1,419 | 1,466 | |
| 419 | 689 | 679 | 710 | 705 | 626 | |
| 695 | 442 | 734 | 763 | 714 | 840 | |
| Dividends paid | 95 | 203 | 202 | 216 | 248 | 353 |
| 8 | 75 | 466 | 613 | 1,249 | 1,144 | |
| 36 | 41 | 42 | 64 | 41 | 42 |
Valuation
- 18.4×
- 17.6×
- 3.56
- 3.1×
- 1.5×
- 20.4×
- 10.7×
- 4.9%
- 5.4%
- 2.1%
Profitability
- 17.3%
- 11.2%
- 7.9%
- 15.4%
- 12.2%
- 9.5%
- 17.0%
- 8.7%
- 16.7%
- –
Growth
- +7.4%
- +5.2%
- +17.6%
- +32.0%
- −4.0%
Financial health
- 0.8×
- 0.34
- 17.3%
- –
- 1.01
- 0.83
- 1.12
How it ranks in Consumer Discretionary
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 28%of 976
Top 34%of 992
Top 43%of 852
Bottom 49%of 992
Top 48%of 979
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $59.05
- Range
- $55.00 – $63.64
- 2 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2026 | 0.87 | 0.87 | +0.0% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 0.40 | 0.35 | +14.3% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 0.76 | 0.74 | +2.3% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | 0.58 | 0.57 | +2.5% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 0.77 | 0.79 | −2.2% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | 0.30 | 0.31 | −3.2% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | 0.77 | 0.68 | +13.2% |
| Aug 5, 2024 | 0.55 | 0.47 | +17.0% |
2.1%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$21a year at today's yield, before tax
+32.0%2020 to 2025
Raised3 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.10 in 2017 → $0.96 in 2025
How safe it looks
38.0% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 42.0%
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
46No pass
Benjamin Graham
50No pass
Philip Fisher
47No pass
Peter Lynch
24No pass
Joel Greenblatt
39No pass
Charlie Munger
43No pass
Terry Smith
34No pass
Questions about Yum China Holdings
Is Yum China Holdings a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Yum China Holdings AI analysis
What does Yum China Holdings do?
Yum China Holdings, Inc. owns, operates, and franchises restaurants in China. The company operates through two segments, KFC and Pizza Hut. It is in Restaurants, based in Shanghai, China, with 130,000 employees.
Does Yum China Holdings pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.1% a year, about 38% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $353 million in dividends.
Is Yum China Holdings stock halal?
Yes. Yum China Holdings passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 14% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Yum China Holdings stock done over the past year?
Up 9.7% over the past twelve months, to $50.86. It traded between $39.98 and $57.95 and is 12.2% below its high.
Who are Yum China Holdings's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are McDonald's, Starbucks, Compass Group and Chipotle Mexican Grill. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Yum China Holdings's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.