Earnings Per Common Share ("EPS")

12 Months Ended

Dec. 27, 2014

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Common Share (EPS)

Earnings Per Common Share (“EPS”)

	2014		2013		2012
Net Income – YUM! Brands, Inc.	$	1,051	$	1,091	$	1,597
Weighted-average common shares outstanding (for basic calculation)	444		452		461
Effect of dilutive share-based employee compensation	9		9		12
Weighted-average common and dilutive potential common shares outstanding (for diluted calculation)	453		461		473
Basic EPS	$	2.37	$	2.41	$	3.46
Diluted EPS	$	2.32	$	2.36	$	3.38
Unexercised employee stock options and stock appreciation rights (in millions) excluded from the diluted EPS computation(a)	5.5		4.9		3.1

(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.