YUM dividend analysis

YUM dividend deep dive

On the income line, YUM prints a 2.60% TTM yield with 46% of earnings going to the dividend. The 5-year distribution CAGR is 11.6%, and the consecutive-growth streak runs 27 years.

Dividend safety on YUM reads 53/100, derived from the VMCI Quality pillar (51/100) adjusted for payout-ratio strain. The score sits in the watchlist band, which is the right anchor for income-portfolio sizing.

Compound-income view on YUM: at 2.60% TTM yield growing at 11.6% per year, a held-and-reinvested position returns 15.4% / 33.1% / 77.2% cumulatively over 5/10/20 years on income alone.

Comparison set on YUM: KO (5.00%), PG (1.50%), PEP (2.90%). With a peer-mean yield of 3.13%, YUM prints 2.60% — a -0.53-pp discount on the income line.

Calendar inputs on YUM: ex 2026-03-01 → pay 2026-03-15. The quarterly cadence and $1.795/share run rate are the operative numbers for income planning.

YUM bottom-line read: low-yield on yield, fast on growth, watchlist on safety. The income thesis is durable only if the Quality and Risk pillar trajectories stay in their current bands.