Yum! Brands price to free cash flow YUM

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 24.3×
10-year median: 27.3×
Against its 10-year history: 19th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 15.6× to 34.3×
Peer median: 22.7×

Yum! Brands' price to free cash flow is 24.3× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 27.3×, lower than on 81% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 15.6× in Mar 2020 to 34.3× in Apr 2023.

The median for 10 restaurant stocks of a similar size is 22.7×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 27.3×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	24.3×	22.1×	29.0×
2025	27.2×	25.0×	31.7×
2024	27.6×	26.6×	30.3×
2023	28.0×	25.6×	34.3×
2022	31.7×	22.2×	32.1×
2021	26.3×	23.6×	32.1×
2020	29.8×	15.6×	30.1×
2019	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2018	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2017	24.8×	22.8×	27.0×
2016	25.0×	16.9×	25.5×
2015	18.4×	17.5×	32.2×
2014	19.3×	14.5×	26.6×
2013	26.0×	17.0×	27.6×
2012	17.2×	15.1×	20.3×
2011	14.9×	13.1×	17.0×
2010	16.8×	14.3×	17.6×

Against its peers

Companies in Restaurants nearest Yum! Brands' size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to free cash flow
YUMYum! Brands	24.3×
CMGChipotle Mexican Grill	22.2×
QSRRestaurant Brands International	21.0×
DRIDarden Restaurants	22.8×
YUMCYum China	16.2×
SBUXStarbucks	31.6×
ARMKAramark	32.0×
TXRHTexas Roadhouse	26.8×
MCDMcDonald's	22.7×
EATBrinker International	13.7×
BROSDutch Bros	76.3×
Peer median	22.7×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.