Debt-to-Equity Ratio

Yum! Brands has a Debt-to-Equity Ratio of -1.64x, meaning its total liabilities exceed its total shareholders' equity — a situation that typically signals the company has accumulated losses or negative book value, making this metric a measure of financial leverage.

Among Consumer Cyclical peers, the sector median is 0.74x, and Yum! Brands sits at the 8th percentile, indicating its ratio is far more negative than the vast majority of competitors. Trend data is not available: the year-over-year change, quarter-over-quarter change, and historical values for the last eight quarters are all listed as N/A, so no directional information can be assessed. The combination of a deeply negative debt-to-equity level with no trend data creates uncertainty; while the negative ratio alone may imply elevated financial risk, the lack of historical context prevents any conclusion about whether that risk is increasing or decreasing. This metric does not directly contradict the overall NEUTRAL verdict, but it introduces a cautionary note about leverage that the neutral stance already accounts for, rather than pushing the view toward bullish or bearish.

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