YUM · CIK 0001041061 · FY2025 live · 2025-12-31
YUM BRANDS INC
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Model
Z″
FY2025
−0.76
Zone
Distress
Prior
—
Market DD
—
1y PD
—
−0.76
Classic Z 0.63
Z″ −0.76 · distress below 1.10, grey to 2.60, safe above.
Z″ factor contributions
X1 Working capital / assets
Short-term liquidity. Carries more weight in Z″ than in classic Z.
0.066.56 × = 0.42X2 Retained earnings / assets
Cushion from years of profits. Share buybacks can push this negative at otherwise healthy firms.
−0.863.26 × = −2.79X3 EBIT / assets
Operating return on assets. Highest weight in Z″.
0.316.72 × = 2.11X4 Book equity / liabilities
Book equity versus the liability stack. Sales / assets is omitted so asset-light names keep turnover from dragging the score.
−0.471.05 × = −0.50
Five-year path
Need two annual 10-Ks to draw a path. The desk will pull this issuer’s filings.
Meridian Rank
22.09
0–100 · Z″ family
Book standing
27
Year change
—
Market PD
—
O-score
9
Events on this name
Same published rows as Today.
No published events on this print.
Overview
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YUM BRANDS INC is on Z″ at −0.76 (distress) for FY2025, from an SEC 10-K. Retained earnings / assets is the line that sets the print; EBIT / assets is the runner-up. This is the first live year on the desk. No market tape loaded. Z″ omits sales/assets so asset-light names keep turnover from dragging the score. X4 is book equity on every name.
Book screen Distress; market PD —. Market PD has not been priced on this name.
Market DD · naive Merton
No market tape yet.
Pull a year of closes (Yahoo, Nasdaq if Yahoo is limited) and size equity from Nasdaq cap or EDGAR shares. Distance-to-default and 1-year PD stay blank until then.
Sector peers
Closest Z″ scores · 26th percentile in Consumer.
- FLLDistressFULL HOUSE RESORTS INC−0.75
- NAASDistressNaaS Technology Inc.−0.78
- MWYNDistressMarwynn Holdings, Inc.−0.72
- BNEDDistressBarnes & Noble Education, Inc.−0.71
- MSSDistressMaison Solutions Inc.−0.83
- WMGDistressWarner Music Group Corp.−0.85
- SFIXDistressStitch Fix, Inc.−0.85
- GTIMDistressGood Times Restaurants Inc.−0.65
Filing line items
Current assets
$2.0B
Total assets
$8.2B
Current liabilities
$1.5B
Total liabilities
$15.5B
Working capital
$524M
Retained earnings
−$7.0B
EBIT
$2.6B
Total sales
$8.2B
Book equity
−$7.3B
Accession 0001041061-26-000084. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2025, period 2025-12-31). Z″ is the live score. View as is a display overlay. X4 is book equity. Pulled 13 Sept 2026.