Earnings recap Starting at the bottom, EPS came in at $0.70 for the parent company behind Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut. This arrives ahead of Wall Street's estimates, but also represents an 8% slip from the prior year's numbers. Top-line revenues came in at $2.54 billion — short of the Street, and again, an 8% drop from the 2012. The culprit was quickly and easily identifiable: China. Plagued by a media-driven scandal involving the quality of KFC's chicken in China, along with the outbreak of the H7N9 flu in the region, Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM)'s China-based stores saw comparable sales plummet 20% from a year ago. KFC China led the downhill race with 24% lower comps, while Pizza Hut fell 2%. The Far East was a disaster for the company, but it didn't impede continued progress for Yum!'s domestic operations. Comparables in the U.S. rose 2%. The leader in the segment? Yep, Taco Bell, with same-store sales up 6% from the prior year.