Share buybacks · 2011–2025

Yum Brands share buybacks

$552M+25.2% · FY2025

Yum Brands (YUM) reported $552M in share buybacks for fiscal 2025, +25.2% year on year.

$752M2011$965M2012$770M2013$820M2014$1.2B2015$2.0B2017$2.4B2018$815M2019$239M2020$1.6B2021$1.2B2022$50.0M2023$441M2024$552M2025
Yum Brands — Share buybacks, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearShare buybacksChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$552M+25.2%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$441M+782.0%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$50.0M−95.8%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$1.2B−24.6%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$1.6B+565.7%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$239M−70.7%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$815M−65.9%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$2.4B+21.9%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$2.0B+63.3%Open →
FY20152015-12-26$1.2B+46.3%Open →
FY20142014-12-27$820M+6.5%Open →
FY20132013-12-28$770M−20.2%Open →
FY20122012-12-29$965M+28.3%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$752M—Open →

Share buybacks — Share buybacks are the cash a company spent during the year repurchasing its own stock, taken from the financing section of the cash-flow statement. Most companies buy back nothing at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the minority that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth −2.2%

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Wikipedia

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APA 7

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BibTeX

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  title        = {{Yum Brands share buybacks}},
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  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
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The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001041061-26-000084 · February 20, 2026

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