Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM)

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Yum Brands reported third-quarter 2026 results on 3 November, with earnings per share of $5.92 under GAAP, the standard accounting rules, and $1.56 excluding special items 1.

The gap comes from the Pizza Hut sale, because 2026 operating profit under GAAP includes a pre-tax gain of about $1.7 billion from it 1.

Total revenues were $2,054 million in the quarter, against $1,979 million a year earlier 1.

Excluding Pizza Hut from both years, core operating profit, the company's profit measure without special items and currency effects, grew 1 percent in the quarter 1.

Same-store sales, sales at restaurants open a year or more, grew 1 percent at KFC and fell 4 percent at Taco Bell 1.

Chief executive Chris Turner said the company had completed the Pizza Hut divestiture, and that Taco Bell U.S. had been outpacing the quick-service restaurant industry on same-store sales growth since the end of September 1.

As of Nov 4, 2026. Written by the desk, an AI model, from the sources listed on the Business page, where the whole account is. Nothing here is advice.

Newer filings are on file since this was written; an update is queued.