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Yum (YUM) Reports Q3 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say
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Yum Brands (YUM - Free Report) reported $1.83 billion in revenue for the quarter ended September 2024, representing a year-over-year increase of 6.9%. EPS of $1.37 for the same period compares to $1.44 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -3.34% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.89 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.41, the EPS surprise was -2.84%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Yum performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
System same-store sales - Pizza Hut Division - YoY change: -4% versus -1.6% estimated by seven analysts on average.
System same-store sales - KFC Division - YoY change: -4% versus the seven-analyst average estimate of -1.6%.
System same-store sales - Taco Bell Division - YoY change: 4% versus the seven-analyst average estimate of 2.9%.
Total restaurants - Pizza Hut Division: 19,927 compared to the 20,043 average estimate based on six analysts.
Revenues- Company sales: $621 million versus $639.02 million estimated by seven analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +21.8% change.
Revenues- Franchise and property revenues: $804 million versus the seven-analyst average estimate of $826.70 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +1%.
Revenues- Franchise contributions for advertising and other services: $401 million compared to the $422.92 million average estimate based on seven analysts. The reported number represents a change of -0.3% year over year.
Revenues- KFC Division- Franchise contributions for advertising and other services: $148 million versus $166.10 million estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -5.7% change.
Revenues- Habit Burger Grill Division: $137 million compared to the $151.09 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of 0% year over year.
Revenues- Pizza Hut Division- Franchise contributions for advertising and other services: $87 million versus $92.99 million estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -3.3% change.
Revenues- Taco Bell Division- Franchise contributions for advertising and other services: $165 million compared to the $163.68 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +6.5% year over year.
Revenues- Habit Burger Grill Division- Company sales: $133 million versus $148.95 million estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -1.5% change.
Shares of Yum have returned -2.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.5% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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Yum (YUM) Reports Q3 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say
Yum Brands (YUM - Free Report) reported $1.83 billion in revenue for the quarter ended September 2024, representing a year-over-year increase of 6.9%. EPS of $1.37 for the same period compares to $1.44 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -3.34% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.89 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.41, the EPS surprise was -2.84%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Yum performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- System same-store sales - Pizza Hut Division - YoY change: -4% versus -1.6% estimated by seven analysts on average.
- System same-store sales - KFC Division - YoY change: -4% versus the seven-analyst average estimate of -1.6%.
- System same-store sales - Taco Bell Division - YoY change: 4% versus the seven-analyst average estimate of 2.9%.
- Total restaurants - Pizza Hut Division: 19,927 compared to the 20,043 average estimate based on six analysts.
- Revenues- Company sales: $621 million versus $639.02 million estimated by seven analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +21.8% change.
- Revenues- Franchise and property revenues: $804 million versus the seven-analyst average estimate of $826.70 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +1%.
- Revenues- Franchise contributions for advertising and other services: $401 million compared to the $422.92 million average estimate based on seven analysts. The reported number represents a change of -0.3% year over year.
- Revenues- KFC Division- Franchise contributions for advertising and other services: $148 million versus $166.10 million estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -5.7% change.
- Revenues- Habit Burger Grill Division: $137 million compared to the $151.09 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of 0% year over year.
- Revenues- Pizza Hut Division- Franchise contributions for advertising and other services: $87 million versus $92.99 million estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -3.3% change.
- Revenues- Taco Bell Division- Franchise contributions for advertising and other services: $165 million compared to the $163.68 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +6.5% year over year.
- Revenues- Habit Burger Grill Division- Company sales: $133 million versus $148.95 million estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -1.5% change.
View all Key Company Metrics for Yum here>>>Shares of Yum have returned -2.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.5% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.