
Yum China to buy back additional $270m in stock
It expects to return around $1.5b to shareholders in 2025.
Yum China Holdings, Inc. said it will repurchase about $270m of its shares in the open market by year-end, in addition to previously announced programs.
The move adds to $510m in repurchase agreements for the second half of 2025 and $356m already completed in the first half, bringing total buybacks this year to about $1.14b.
Together with $360m in dividends, the company expects to return around $1.5b to shareholders in 2025.
Yum China said it is on track to return $3b to shareholders through dividends and buybacks in 2025–2026, on top of $1.5b delivered in 2024. Since 2017, it has returned $5.2b.