Yum Brands (YUM) Q1 2025 earnings

Yum brandss On Wednesday reported Mixed quarterly results in pizza hut’s Sbe-store dropped

Shares of the Company Fell More than 1% in premarket trading.

Here’s what the company compared on with was Wall Strear Was expecting, based on a survame of analysts by Lseg:

• Earnings Per share: $ 1.30 adjusted vs. $ 1.29 expected
• Revenue: $ 1.79 billion vs. $ 1.85 billion expected

Yum Reported First-quarter Net In $ 253 million, or 914 million, or $ 314 billion earlier.

Excluding costs to MOVE KFC’s US headquarters To Texas and other EXEMS, the Preview of Earned $ 1.30 per share.

Net sales Climbed 12% to $ 1.79 billion. Ross All of ITS Brands, Yum’s Same-Store Sales rose 3%.

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“In the US, sales started soft in January and improved through February and March,” CEO David Gibbs said on the Commerence Call. “With the last fewkeks Showing Sequent Sequent SEWINGS AND Transactation Growth, the USA business FACE An Intenseum.”

Taco Bell, the standout of yum’s portfolio, reported Same-Store salow-9%, topping estimates of 8%. The Chain Chain Traffic Growth Rulks, and menu ITEMS LIKE STEAK ANDRUPO CRUNCHRANS and crispy Chicken Nutgets Drew

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KFC’s Same-Store sales rose 2%, beating estimates of 1.4%. The bulk of the Fried Chicken Chicken’s Sales come from the outside of the US China, its Largest Market, chain sales the sales grow grow large 3%.

But like Pizza Hut, KFC’s US Business causing been struggling. The Chaain’s domestic Same-Store Sales Shrank 1% in the quarter. Rival Wingstop And raising the cane Overtaken KFC’s US sales, pushing the yum chain down to the fifth-largest domestic chicken, according Circana’s 2025 ranking of the US restaurants by sales.

KO recently tapped Catherine Tan-Gillespers, the Former Chief marketing Officer of KFC US, to lead the Chaain’s domestic business.

Digital Orders, WHICH INSLUND apps and in-Store kiosks, unlocked for 55% of yum’s total sales minutes.

Yum isn’t expecting any material impact to the ITS global supply chain from President Donald Trump‘s tariffs. Moreover, the Company Also hasn’t seen Any consumer backlash as A USS Operating International and ITS Key Market of China Rise.

“We haven’t heard seen, with we obviously anti-American consumer sentimentally,” Gibbs said.

For the full year, Yum reiterated that it will be able to reach its long-term target of 8% core operating profit growth. However, the company expects Lower profit growth in the first half of 2025, thanks in the global franchise Conventes in Australia.

In Late March, Gibbs Announced Plans to retire in the first quarter of 2026. The Company’s Board is Curreled.