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How YUM! BRANDS, INC. makes its money

Start with a dollar of revenue and follow what the filing says remains.

revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$8.2B · 100%Cost of revenue$2.5B · 30%Gross profit$5.7B · 70%Operating income$2.6B · 31%Income before tax$2.1B · 25%Income tax$518M · 6%Net income$1.6B · 19%As of 2025-12-31 · 1 SEC filing sourceBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

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Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$8.2B100%
Cost of revenue$2.5B30%
$5.7B70%
$2.6B31%
Income before tax$2.1B25%
Income tax$518M6%
$1.6B19%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Oct 15, 2026 · annual-row source set
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