Earnings Per Common Share ("EPS")

9 Months Ended

Sep. 06, 2014

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Common Share (EPS)

Earnings Per Common Share (“EPS”)

	Quarter ended				Year to date
	2014		2013		2014		2013
Net Income – YUM! Brands, Inc.	$	404	$	152	$	1,137	$	770
Weighted-average common shares outstanding (for basic calculation)	443		451		445		453
Effect of dilutive share-based employee compensation	9		10		10		10
Weighted-average common and dilutive potential common shares outstanding (for diluted calculation)	452		461		455		463
Basic EPS	$	0.91	$	0.34	$	2.55	$	1.70
Diluted EPS	$	0.89	$	0.33	$	2.50	$	1.66
Unexercised employee stock options and stock appreciation rights (in millions) excluded from the diluted EPS computation(a)	5.2		4.7		5.4		5.5

(a) These unexercised employee stock options and stock appreciation rights were not included in the computation of diluted EPS because to do so would have been antidilutive for the periods presented.