{"id":120825,"date":"2025-08-05T12:14:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T12:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/120825\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T12:14:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T12:14:17","slug":"yum-brands-yum-q2-2025-earnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/120825\/","title":{"rendered":"Yum Brands (YUM) Q2 2025 earnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Piotr Swat | Lightrocket | Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/YUM\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yum Brands<\/a> on Tuesday reported quarterly\u00a0earnings\u00a0and revenue that missed analysts&#8217; expectations as Pizza Hut and KFC reported U.S. same-store sales declines.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what the company reported for the <a href=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20250801828048\/en\/2543678\/1\/8K_EX991_852025_DRAFT_RELEASE_8-42025_4_06.pdf?download=1&amp;_gl=1*7r22dd*_gcl_au*MTYyMzQ2NjU2My4xNzQ5MjIyNDE1*_ga*MTE4MTI5MjcwOS4xNzQ5MjIyNDE1*_ga_ZQWF70T3FK*czE3NTQzOTE3ODckbzEwJGcwJHQxNzU0MzkxNzg3JGo2MCRsMCRoMA..\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">period ended June 30<\/a> compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Earnings\u00a0per share: $1.44 adjusted vs. $1.46 expected<\/li>\n<li>Revenue: $1.93 billion vs. $1.94 billion expected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Yum reported second-quarter net income of $374 million, or $1.33 per share, up from $367 million, or $1.28 per share, a year earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Excluding refranchising gains and other items, the company earned $1.44 per share.<\/p>\n<p>Net sales<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>climbed 10% to $1.93 billion. Digital transactions, which include mobile app, delivery and kiosk orders, accounted for 57% of the company&#8217;s system sales.<\/p>\n<p>Yum&#8217;s same-store sales, which only tracks the metric at restaurants open at least 12 months, rose 2% during the quarter.<\/p>\n<p>KFC reported same-store sales growth of 2%, lifted by its international restaurants. The fried chicken chain counts China as its biggest market.<\/p>\n<p>But domestically, KFC&#8217;s struggles continue. Its U.S. same-store sales slid 5%. Last year, the chain dropped from the No. 3 chicken chain in the U.S. by sales to No. 5, falling behind Raising Cane&#8217;s and Wingstop. In April, Catherine Tan-Gillespie took over as president of KFC U.S., tasked with turning around its sales slump.<\/p>\n<p>Globally, Pizza Hut&#8217;s same-store sales fell 1%, hurt by weaker demand in its home market. Like KFC, Pizza Hut saw its U.S. same-store sales fall 5% during the quarter. The chain is facing increased competition from its rivals as many consumers dine out less often.<\/p>\n<p>Taco Bell, the jewel of Yum&#8217;s portfolio, reported same-store sales growth of 4%. The chain&#8217;s growing international business also saw same-store sales increase 4% during the quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Yum&#8217;s total restaurant count rose 3%, lifted by 871 location openings in the quarter. That growth was driven primarily by international KFC openings.<\/p>\n<p>In June, the company announced that CEO David Gibbs will retire later this year. CFO Chris Turner will succeed him, effective Oct. 1.<\/p>\n<p>This story is developing. Please check back for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Piotr Swat | Lightrocket | Getty Images Yum Brands on Tuesday reported quarterly\u00a0earnings\u00a0and revenue that missed analysts&#8217; expectations&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":120826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9167,64,81,6795,13656,988,11731,67,132,68,14228],"class_list":{"0":"post-120825","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-breaking-news-business","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-business-news","11":"tag-dividends","12":"tag-earnings","13":"tag-restaurants","14":"tag-retail-industry","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-yum-brands-inc"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114976107037063335","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}