Yum Brands logged higher profit and sales in its latest quarter, driven by growth at its KFC and Taco Bell locations, but still missed analysts expectations.

Yum Brands missed analysts' estimates for second-quarter comparable sales and profit on Tuesday, hit by higher ingredient costs and muted demand that weighed on its businesses, including Taco Bell, sending its shares down about 2% before the bell.

Yum's sale-store sales rose 2% during Q2 based on its international markets. Still, KFC continues to struggle with its U.S. sale store sales dropping 5%. The brand brought in a new president of KFC U.S., Catherine Tan-Gillespie, in April. Pizza Hut's same store sales fell 1% globally. The brand's U.S. same-store sales fell 5% during Q2.