Yum China PE ratio YUMC

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2018.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 16.4×
8-year median: 24.7×
Against its 8-year history: 5th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
8-year range: 14.7× to 60.4×
Peer median: 25.9×

Yum China's PE ratio is 16.4× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $44.54 against $2.72 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its 8-year median of 24.7×, lower than on 95% of days in the last 8 years.

Over that time it ranged from 14.7× in Oct 2026 to 60.4× in Mar 2023.

The median for 10 restaurant stocks of a similar size is 25.9×.

PE ratio over time

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	16.4×	14.7×	24.0×
2025	20.4×	17.5×	22.4×
2024	21.7×	14.8×	24.4×
2023	22.8×	21.5×	60.4×
2022	27.1×	16.4×	34.0×
2021	32.4×	22.9×	35.5×
2020	31.2×	22.1×	43.1×
2019	27.0×	22.6×	31.2×
2018	25.1×	24.3×	27.4×

Against its peers

Companies in Restaurants nearest Yum China's size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
YUMCYum China	16.4×
ARMKAramark	36.8×
TXRHTexas Roadhouse	26.5×
DRIDarden Restaurants	20.8×
EATBrinker International	16.8×
BROSDutch Bros	57.6×
QSRRestaurant Brands International	20.8×
CMGChipotle Mexican Grill	25.2×
CAVACava	97.2×
YUMYum! Brands	18.9×
CAKECheesecake Factory	29.4×
Peer median	25.9×

Where Yum China ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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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.