Press Release

LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) today reported results for the second-quarter ended June 30, 2020. Worldwide system sales excluding foreign currency translation declined (12)%, with a (15)% same-store sales decline and 3% net-new unit growth. Second-quarter GAAP EPS was $0.67, a decrease of (27)% over the prior year quarter. Second-quarter EPS excluding Special Items was $0.82, a decrease of (12)% over the prior year quarter.

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DAVID GIBBS COMMENTS

David Gibbs, CEO, said “While second-quarter results were meaningfully impacted by COVID-19, I couldn’t be prouder of how our brands adapted with remarkable agility, leveraging consumer insights and digitally enabled off-premise capabilities to adjust operations, menu options and marketing across the globe. Digital sales were a big driver of the dramatic improvement in sales from the initial impact of COVID-19, reaching an all-time high of $3.5 billion for the quarter, an increase of more than $1 billion over the prior year. World-class operations, including rapid implementation of contactless options, supported a steady pace of store reopening through the quarter, with approximately 95% of our global system restaurants now at least partially open. Same-store sales trends for open stores stabilized in June just a few points short of flat, despite the majority of our dining rooms still remaining closed, and these trends have continued into July.

As we continue to reopen our restaurants across the globe, we remain focused on our Recipe for Growth and Good strategy and on ensuring customers can access our delicious food in a safe, low-contact manner with outstanding value. Leveraging our scale and capabilities as the world’s largest restaurant company, our four iconic brands are optimally positioned to drive profitable system sales growth in the new customer environment. While COVID-19 has presented incredible challenges for the entire restaurant industry, I remain confident in the power and resiliency of our unique and highly diversified global business model and that we will emerge an even stronger growth company for all our stakeholders.”

SECOND-QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS

• Worldwide system sales excluding foreign currency translation declined (12)%, with KFC at (18)%, Pizza Hut at (10)% and Taco Bell at (6)%.
• We reported 3% year-over-year net unit growth and net units declined (118) during the quarter.
• We recorded $84 million of pre-tax investment income related to the change in fair value of our investment in Grubhub, which resulted in a $0.21 benefit to EPS on the second-quarter. As we recorded $24 million of pre-tax investment income in the second-quarter of 2019 for a $0.06 benefit to EPS, our Grubhub investment favorably impacted year-over-year EPS growth by $0.15.
• Foreign currency translation unfavorably impacted divisional operating profit by $6 million.

KFC DIVISION

• KFC Division opened 234 gross new restaurants in 36 countries.
• Operating margin decreased 7.3 percentage points driven by lower same-store sales, higher bad debt expense and lower company restaurant margins due to COVID-19, partially offset by net-new unit growth.
• Foreign currency translation unfavorably impacted operating profit by $5 million.

PIZZA HUT DIVISION

• Pizza Hut Division opened 70 gross new restaurants in 14 countries.
• Operating margin decreased 1.9 percentage points driven by lower same-store sales, partially offset by U.S. franchise bad debt recoveries.
• Foreign currency translation unfavorably impacted operating profit by $1 million.
• Pizza Hut U.S. off-premise channel generated 21% same-store sales growth when excluding closed Express units, or 16% same-store sales growth when including closed Express units.

TACO BELL DIVISION

• Taco Bell Division opened 22 gross new restaurants in 4 countries.
• Operating margin increased 1.2 percentage points due to lower general and administrative and franchise and property expenses, partially offset by the impact of same-store sales declines.

HABIT BURGER GRILL DIVISION

• The Habit Burger Grill Division same-store sales declined 18% during the second-quarter.
• The Habit Burger Grill Division opened 2 gross new restaurants in the U.S.

OTHER ITEMS

• Disclosures pertaining to outstanding debt in our Restricted Group capital structure will be provided at the time of the filing of the second-quarter Form 10-Q.
• Digital sales include orders placed on mobile device, Internet and kiosk.

CONFERENCE CALL

Yum! Brands, Inc. will host a conference call to review the company's financial performance and strategies at 8:15 a.m. Eastern Time July 30, 2020. The number is 877/871-3172 for U.S. callers, 412/902-6603 for international callers, conference ID 9876991.

The call will be available for playback beginning at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time July 30, 2020 through August 6, 2020. To access the playback, dial 877/344-7529 in the U.S., 855/669-9658 in Canada, and 412/317-0088 internationally, conference ID 10145598.

The webcast and the playback can be accessed by visiting Yum! Brands' website, investors.yum.com/events-and-presentations and selecting “Q2 2020 Yum! Brands, Inc. Earnings Call.”

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ONLINE

Quarter end dates for each division, restaurant count details, definitions of terms and Restricted Group financial information are available at investors.yum.com. Reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are included within this release.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This announcement may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. We intend all forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts and by the use of forward-looking words such as “expect,” “expectation,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “may,” “could,” “intend,” “belief,” “plan,” “estimate,” “target,” “predict,” “likely,” “seek,” “project,” “model,” “ongoing,” “will,” “should,” “forecast,” “outlook” or similar terminology. These statements are based on and reflect our current expectations, estimates, assumptions and/or projections, our perception of historical trends and current conditions, as well as other factors that we believe are appropriate and reasonable under the circumstances. Forward-looking statements are neither predictions nor guarantees of future events, circumstances or performance and are inherently subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated by those statements. There can be no assurance that our expectations, estimates, assumptions and/or projections, including with respect to the future earnings and performance or capital structure of Yum! Brands, will prove to be correct or that any of our expectations, estimates or projections will be achieved.

Numerous factors could cause our actual results and events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements, including, without limitation: the severity and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, food safety and food borne-illness issues; health concerns arising from outbreaks of a significant health epidemic; the success of our franchisees and licensees; our significant exposure to the Chinese market; changes in economic and political conditions in countries and territories outside of the U.S. where we operate; our ability to protect the integrity and security of individually identifiable data of our customers and employees; our ability to successfully implement technology initiatives; our increasing dependence on digital commerce platforms and information technology systems; the impact of social media; our ability to secure and maintain distribution and adequate supply to our restaurants; the loss of key personnel, or labor shortages or difficulty finding qualified employees; the success of our development strategy in emerging markets; changes in commodity, labor and other operating costs; harm or dilution to our brands caused by franchisee and third party activity; pending or future litigation and legal claims or proceedings; changes in or noncompliance with government regulations, including labor standards and anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws; tax matters, including changes in tax laws or disagreements with taxing authorities; consumer preferences and perceptions of our brands; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; changes in consumer discretionary spending and general economic conditions; competition within the retail food industry; not realizing the anticipated benefits from past or potential future acquisitions, investments or other strategic transactions, and risks relating to our significant amount of indebtedness. In addition, other risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently believe to be immaterial could affect the accuracy of any such forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements should be evaluated with the understanding of their inherent uncertainty.

The forward-looking statements included in this announcement are only made as of the date of this announcement and we disclaim any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. You should consult our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (including the information set forth under the captions “Risk Factors” and “Forward-Looking Statements” in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q) for additional detail about factors that could affect our financial and other results.

Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, has over 50,000 restaurants in more than 150 countries and territories primarily operating the company’s brands – KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell – global leaders of the chicken, pizza and Mexican-style food categories. The Company’s family of brands also includes The Habit Burger Grill, a fast-casual restaurant concept specializing in made-to-order chargrilled burgers, sandwiches and more. In 2019, Yum! Brands was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index and in 2020, the company ranked among the top 100 Best Corporate Citizens by 3BL Media.

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measurements to GAAP Results
(amounts in millions, except per share amounts)
(unaudited)

In addition to the results provided in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America ("GAAP"), the Company provides the following non-GAAP measurements.

• Diluted Earnings Per Share ("EPS") excluding Special Items (as defined below);

• Effective Tax Rate excluding Special Items;

• Core Operating Profit. Core Operating Profit excludes Special Items and FX and we use Core Operating Profit for the purposes of evaluating performance internally.

These non-GAAP measurements are not intended to replace the presentation of our financial results in accordance with GAAP. Rather, the Company believes that the presentation of these non-GAAP measurements provide additional information to investors to facilitate the comparison of past and present operations.

Special Items are not included in any of our Division segment results as the Company does not believe they are indicative of our ongoing operations due to their size and/or nature. Our chief operating decision maker does not consider the impact of Special Items when assessing segment performance. The Special Items are described in (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) in the accompanying notes.

Certain non-GAAP measurements are presented excluding the impact of FX. These amounts are derived by translating current year results at prior year average exchange rates. We believe the elimination of the FX impact provides better year-to-year comparability without the distortion of foreign currency fluctuations.

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measurements to GAAP Results (Continued)
(amounts in millions, except per share amounts)
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