Yum China price to free cash flow YUMC

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2018.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 16.2×
8-year median: 23.6×
Against its 8-year history: 3rd; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
8-year range: 14.6× to 89.5×
Peer median: 25.2×

Yum China's price to free cash flow is 16.2× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its 8-year median of 23.6×, lower than on 97% of days in the last 8 years.

Over that time it ranged from 14.6× in Oct 2026 to 89.5× in Nov 2022.

The median for 10 restaurant stocks of a similar size is 25.2×.

Price to free cash flow over time

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	16.2×	14.6×	22.3×
2025	18.9×	17.7×	28.4×
2024	28.4×	16.7×	29.5×
2023	23.4×	17.8×	38.9×
2022	34.1×	29.1×	89.5×
2021	31.8×	25.7×	41.7×
2020	38.0×	20.4×	40.5×
2019	23.3×	17.7×	26.6×
2018	21.4×	20.6×	23.3×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to free cash flow
YUMCYum China	16.2×
ARMKAramark	32.0×
TXRHTexas Roadhouse	26.8×
DRIDarden Restaurants	22.8×
EATBrinker International	13.7×
BROSDutch Bros	76.3×
QSRRestaurant Brands International	21.0×
CMGChipotle Mexican Grill	22.2×
CAVACava	127×
YUMYum! Brands	24.3×
CAKECheesecake Factory	26.1×
Peer median	25.2×

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.