Historical annual and monthly returns for Yum! Brands (YUM).
For Yum! Brands (YUM), the strongest completed calendar year was 2001, when the stock returned 49.1%, while its weakest was 2008, with a return of -16.0%. Across the 26 completed calendar years from 2000 through 2025, its average annual return was 15.9% and its compounded annual return was 14.6%. YUM posted positive returns in 22 of those 26 years (85%). In 2025, the latest completed year, it returned 15.0%. In 2026 year to date, YUM has returned -7.0%.
Returns are calculated from the adjusted daily closing prices for Yum! Brands (YUM). Annual returns measure the percentage change between the final available trading prices of consecutive calendar years. Monthly returns use the corresponding month-end observations. Adjusted prices account for stock splits and distributions when supplied by the market-data provider. Results are nominal and are not adjusted for inflation.
