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Yum China (YUMC) Reports Q1 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say
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Yum China Holdings (YUMC - Free Report) reported $2.98 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 0.8%. EPS of $0.77 for the same period compares to $0.71 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.11 billion, representing a surprise of -4.19%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -1.28%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.78.
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 China performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
No of Restaurants - Total: 16,642 compared to the 16,807 average estimate based on four analysts.
No of Restaurants - Others: 930 versus the four-analyst average estimate of 1,017.
No of Restaurants - Pizza Hut: 3,769 versus the four-analyst average estimate of 3,841.
No of Restaurants - KFC: 11,943 versus 11,950 estimated by four analysts on average.
Revenues- Revenues from transactions with franchisees: $121 million compared to the $124.88 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +13.1% year over year.
Revenues- Other revenues: $32 million versus $34.35 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a 0% change.
Revenues- Franchise fees and income: $27 million compared to the $29.98 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +8% year over year.
Revenues- Company sales: $2.80 billion versus $2.91 billion estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +0.3% change.
Revenues- KFC- Company sales: $2.21 billion versus $2.30 billion estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +0.7% change.
Revenues- KFC- Franchise fees and income: $21 million compared to the $21.62 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +16.7% year over year.
Revenues- KFC- Other revenues: $1 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $4.52 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -80%.
Revenues- KFC- Revenues from transactions with franchisees: $16 million versus $16.71 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +14.3% change.
Shares of Yum China have returned -11.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.2% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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Yum China (YUMC) Reports Q1 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say
Yum China Holdings (YUMC - Free Report) reported $2.98 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 0.8%. EPS of $0.77 for the same period compares to $0.71 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.11 billion, representing a surprise of -4.19%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -1.28%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.78.
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 China performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- No of Restaurants - Total: 16,642 compared to the 16,807 average estimate based on four analysts.
- No of Restaurants - Others: 930 versus the four-analyst average estimate of 1,017.
- No of Restaurants - Pizza Hut: 3,769 versus the four-analyst average estimate of 3,841.
- No of Restaurants - KFC: 11,943 versus 11,950 estimated by four analysts on average.
- Revenues- Revenues from transactions with franchisees: $121 million compared to the $124.88 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +13.1% year over year.
- Revenues- Other revenues: $32 million versus $34.35 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a 0% change.
- Revenues- Franchise fees and income: $27 million compared to the $29.98 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +8% year over year.
- Revenues- Company sales: $2.80 billion versus $2.91 billion estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +0.3% change.
- Revenues- KFC- Company sales: $2.21 billion versus $2.30 billion estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +0.7% change.
- Revenues- KFC- Franchise fees and income: $21 million compared to the $21.62 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +16.7% year over year.
- Revenues- KFC- Other revenues: $1 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $4.52 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -80%.
- Revenues- KFC- Revenues from transactions with franchisees: $16 million versus $16.71 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +14.3% change.
View all Key Company Metrics for Yum China here>>>Shares of Yum China have returned -11.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.2% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.