Yum Brands Completes $1.5 Billion Pizza Hut Sale to LongRange Capital

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Yum Brands has officially completed the sale of Pizza Hut's business outside mainland China to private-equity firm LongRange Capital for roughly $1.5 billion, marking a major portfolio reset that lets investors focus on faster-growing KFC and Taco Bell. The deal follows Yum's August sale of Pizza Hut's mainland China business to Yum China for $1.2 billion, valuing the divested Pizza Hut operations at approximately $2.7 billion combined, with Yum eligible for an additional $75 million from LongRange by 2030 based on performance. Pizza Hut, once the world's largest pizza chain by 1971, has lost ground to Domino's and Papa John's, and interim CEO Eduardo Luz said the standalone company is now fully focused on guests, franchisees, and teams. Excluding Pizza Hut, Yum's second-quarter system sales grew 7%, with Taco Bell same-store sales up 7% and KFC unit count up 7%, while digital sales mix exceeded 60%. Yum also authorized an additional $4 billion share-repurchase program when announcing the sale, and investors will watch Taco Bell and KFC momentum to gauge the benefits of the strategic reset.

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