Earnings Per Common Share ("EPS")

3 Months Ended

Mar. 19, 2016

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Common Share (EPS)

Earnings Per Common Share (“EPS”)

	Quarter ended
	2016		2015
Net Income – YUM! Brands, Inc.	$	391	$	362
Weighted-average common shares outstanding (for basic calculation)	416		438
Effect of dilutive share-based employee compensation	6		8
Weighted-average common and dilutive potential common shares outstanding (for diluted calculation)	422		446
Basic EPS	$	0.94	$	0.83
Diluted EPS	$	0.93	$	0.81
Unexercised employee stock options and stock appreciation rights (in millions) excluded from the diluted EPS computation(a)	4.5		6.7

(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.