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Restaurants900+ employeesFounded 1987🇨🇳 China

Yum China Holdings, Inc. (“Yum China” or the “Company”) (NYSE: YUMC and HKEX: 9987) is China’s largest restaurant company. Since opening its first restaurant in 1987, the Company now operates six iconic brands – KFC, Pizza Hut, Lavazza, Little Sheep, Huang Ji Huang and Taco Bell – with 17,000+ restaurants in 2,500+ cities and towns in mainland China. The Company is dedicated to serving consumers’ evolving needs by introducing innovative and delicious products, delivering great value-for-money, enhancing both online and offline customer experience, and improving convenience. As a Fortune 500 company, Yum China’s vision is to be the world's most innovative pioneer in the restaurant industry. Yum China became publicly listed on the NYSE in 2016, completed a secondary listing on the HKEX in 2020, and achieved dual-primary listing status on both exchanges in 2022. For more information, visit http://ir.yumchina.com. Certain posts contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which are intended to be covered by the safe harbor provisions of the PSLRA of 1995. All forward-looking statements should be evaluated with the understanding of their inherent uncertainty. Please consult our filings with the SEC for additional detail about factors that could affect our financial and other results.

Founded
1987
Employees
900+
Industry
Restaurants
Company type
Public Company
Stock
nasdaq: YUMC
Headquarters
🇨🇳Shanghai, Shanghai
Specialties
Restaurants
2 / 2
Active markets
Hong Kong SAR China · United States
0
New markets
Low
Confidence
mostly early signals
+100%
Momentum
vs prior period
8 / 100
Expansion Score
Early
Stages2Exploring
3 signals · Last 90 days

Global expansion

Live
Hong Kong SAR ChinaUnited States
Stages
ExploringInvestingLandingOperating

Activity pulse

3 signals in the last 90 days.

Last 90 days
Hiring
0
No activity
Marketing & PR
0
No activity
Product & Tech
3↑ +100%
Infrastructure
+2more categoriesLocked
3 of 5 shown

Market entry timeline

The order this company entered each market — oldest to newest

1
🇺🇸United States1st market entered · 2018Advancing
Exploring
6 signalsExploring stage
2
🇭🇰Hong Kong SAR China2nd market entered · 2019Advancing
Exploring
7 signalsExploring stage
Current stageExploringTesting the waters
Confidence33%Low
Tracking since2018first signal

Recent signals

Infrastructure🇺🇸 United Stateslast mo.

Yum China Announces $512M Share Repurchase

Infrastructure🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR Chinalast mo.

Yum China Announces $512M Share Repurchase

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Yum China Holdings, Inc. (“Yum China” or the “Company”) (NYSE: YUMC and HKEX: 9987) is China’s largest restaurant company. Since opening its first restaurant in 1987, the Company now operates six iconic brands – KFC, Pizza Hut, Lavazza, Little Sheep, Huang Ji Huang and Taco Bell – with 17,000+ restaurants in 2,500+ cities and towns in mainland China. The Company is dedicated to serving consumers’ evolving needs by introducing innovative and delicious products, delivering great value-for-money, enhancing both online and offline customer experience, and improving convenience. As a Fortune 500 company, Yum China’s vision is to be the world's most innovative pioneer in the restaurant industry. Yum China became publicly listed on the NYSE in 2016, completed a secondary listing on the HKEX in 2020, and achieved dual-primary listing status on both exchanges in 2022. For more information, visit http://ir.yumchina.com. Certain posts contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which are intended to be covered by the safe harbor provisions of the PSLRA of 1995. All forward-looking statements should be evaluated with the understanding of their inherent uncertainty. Please consult our filings with the SEC for additional detail about factors that could affect our financial and other results.

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