Starbucks Corporation (SBUX)

NASDAQ: SBUX · USD

$103

+0.06 (+0.1%)· Recorded snapshot

StockMarketAgent Research · Analyzed 2026-05-10

Our latest published analysis: SBUX rated Sell

Starbucks Corporation's published Sell conclusion compares the analysis-date price with fair value and potential value. Read the full report for assumptions, evidence, and material risks.

Fair value

$40.4 / share

Potential value

$49.1 / share

Upside to FV

-61.5%

from $103

Moat

6.5/10

Narrow

Read full analysis →View archive · 24mo

9-phase methodology · same model in each published edition

Market cap	$119.6B
Revenue (ttm)	38.3B
Net income (ttm)	2B
EPS (ttm)	$1.74
Shares out	1.1B
P/E (trailing)	59.2x
P/E (forward)	34.8x
Dividend	$2.52 (2.44%)
Volume	5,930,360
Beta	0.97

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 38.3B
Net income (ttm): 2B
EPS (ttm): $1.74
P/E (trailing): 59.2x
P/E (forward): 34.8x
Market cap: $119.6B

Item	P1	P2	P3	P4	Trend
Period	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30	2025-09-30	Trend
Revenue	$32.25B	$35.98B	$36.18B	$37.18B	+4.9%
Gross profit	$8.37B	$9.85B	$9.71B	$8.47B	+0.4%
Operating income	$4.71B	$5.95B	$5.53B	$3.05B	-13.5%
Net income	$3.28B	$4.12B	$3.76B	$1.86B	-17.3%
EPS (diluted)	$2.83	$3.58	$3.31	$1.63	-16.8%
EBITDA	$6.24B	$7.40B	$7.12B	$4.82B	-8.3%
R&D	—	—	—	—	—
SG&A	$2.03B	$2.44B	$2.52B	$2.62B	+8.8%

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
ABBV	AbbVie Inc.	505.6B	80.8x	7.9x	17.7%	+3.7%	+29.1%	Sell
ABT	Abbott Laboratories	177.6B	38.2x	3.7x	7.2%	+2.7%	-17.2%	Reduce
ACN	Accenture plc	144.3B	18.0x	2.0x	27.9%	+8.0%	+0.4%	Hold
ABNB	Airbnb, Inc.	97.8B	37.5x	7.4x	16.8%	+24.4%	+28.5%	Sell
AMZN	Amazon.com Inc.	2.7T	20.5x	3.5x	11.9%	+11.8%	+12.2%	Sell
APTV	Aptiv PLC	9.1B	42.8x	0.4x	7.8%	+5.5%	-49.2%	Buy

Base and Bull scenarios

Bull20%

Price target

$49.10

-53.2% from spot

Successful execution of operational efficiencies restores operating margins to 15%+, while international markets re-accelerate.

Margins normalize above 15% through operational efficiencies.
China market growth re-accelerates materially.

Base60%

Price target

$40.42

-61.5% from spot

Margins normalize to the 14% historical mean. Steady low-single-digit top-line growth is achieved alongside a stable dividend payout.

Operating margins normalize at 14%.
Terminal growth rate of 2.5%.

Sensitivity: Ke × terminal growth

Ke ↓ / g →	1.5%	2.0%	2.5%	3.0%	3.5%
6.8%	$48.0	$53.0	$59.1	$66.8	$70.7
7.8%	$40.4	$43.9	$48.0	$53.0	$59.1
8.8%	$34.9	$37.5	$40.4	$43.9	$48.0
9.8%	$30.7	$32.7	$34.9	$37.5	$40.4
10.8%	$27.4	$29.0	$30.7	$32.7	$34.9

Scorecard

Published factor rows and weighted composite

Calendar

Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

Upcoming

DateLoading

Window—

EPS estimate—

Revenue estimate—

Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E34.8

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

Trailing P/E80.1

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

ROEn/a

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

ROIC13.7

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

Benchmarks · 1M

All SBUX indicators

Market & fundamental data

Available fields

285

Groups with data

Currency

USD

Showing 285 of 285 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000829224
Company name	Starbucks Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	855244109
Earnings date	2026-10-29
Earnings time	amc
Employees	381,000
Employees change	20,000
Employees growth	5.54%
Enterprise value	$136.4B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-28
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	September
Founded	1971
In index	SP500, NASDAQ100
Industry	Restaurants
IPO date	1992-06-26
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US8552441094
Last 10-K release date	2025-11-14
Last earnings date	2026-07-29
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	2015-04-09
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	$117.5B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-10-29
Options	Yes
Price	$103.11
Price currency	USD
Sector	Consumer Discretionary
SIC code	5810
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	SBUX
U.S. state	Washington
Website	https://www.starbucks.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	42.43x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	40.42x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	39.97x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	35.78x
Earnings yield	1.69%
EV/Earnings	69.45x
EV/EBIT	34.64x
EV/EBITDA	24.41x
EV/FCF	37.81x
EV/Sales	3.59x
FCF / EV yield	2.64%
FCF yield	3.06%
Forward EV/Sales	3.66x
Forward P/E	35.13x
Forward P/S	3.16x
Industry forward P/E	22.25x
Industry P/E	26.2x
Lynch fair value	$8.70
Lynch upside	-91.65%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	36.26x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	25.72x
P/E ratio	59.22x
P/FCF ratio	32.63x
P/OCF ratio	23.84x
P/S ratio	3.1x
PEG ratio	1.9x
Price/EBITDA ratio	21.07x
Sector forward P/E	24.24x
Sector P/E	30.29x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	10.37%
EBITDA margin	14.72%
Effective tax rate	35.56%
FCF margin	9.5%
Gross margin	22.34%
Operating margin	10.37%
Pretax margin	8.02%
Profit margin	5.17%
Profit per employee	$5,204
Profitable quarters	24
Profitable years	32
Revenue per employee	$100,625
ROA	8.02%
ROA (5Y)	9.77%
ROCE	21.63%
ROIC	13.67%
ROIC (5Y)	17.01%
SBC / revenue	0.95%
Tax / revenue	2.85%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	-24.62%
EPS growth (Q)	85.71%
EPS growth (QoQ)	102.95%
EPS growth 10Y	-0.22%
EPS growth 3Y	-19.04%
EPS growth 5Y	-6.23%
EPS growth quarters	2
EPS growth years	0
FCF growth	61.61%
FCF growth (Q)	210.96%
FCF growth (QoQ)	1,371.13%
FCF growth 3Y	6.88%
FCF growth 5Y	-4.68%
Gross profit growth	-1.66%
Gross profit growth (Q)	6.54%
Gross profit growth 3Y	-2.71%
Gross profit growth 5Y	2.33%
Net income growth	-24.68%
Net income growth (Q)	87.23%
Net income growth (QoQ)	104.6%
Net income growth 3Y	-19.38%
Net income growth 5Y	-6.85%
Net income growth quarters	2
Net income growth years	0
OCF growth	1.73%
OCF growth (Q)	63.91%
OCF growth (QoQ)	350.45%
OCF growth 10Y	1.64%
OCF growth 3Y	-1.16%
OCF growth 5Y	-3.5%
Operating income growth	3.01%
Operating income growth (Q)	33.93%
Operating income growth 3Y	-7.79%
Operating income growth 5Y	0.06%
Revenue growth	4.49%
Revenue growth (Q)	-1.41%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	-2.19%
Revenue growth 10Y	6.45%
Revenue growth 3Y	3.07%
Revenue growth 5Y	7.17%
Revenue growth years	5

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-1.3B
Depreciation and amortization	$1.7B
EBIT	$4B
EBITDA	$5.6B
EPS	$1.74
FCF per share	$3.20
Financing cash flow	$-6.9B
Free cash flow	$3.6B
Free cash flow minus SBC	$3.3B
Gross profit	$8.6B
Income taxes	$1.1B
Investing cash flow	$1.2B
Net borrowing	$-4.1B
Net cash flow	$-722.8M
Net income	$2B
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$4.6B
Operating income	$4B
Revenue	$38.3B
Stock-based compensation	$364.4M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	3.04
Book value per share	$-6.73
Debt / EBITDA	2.53
Debt / FCF	6.16
Goodwill	$1.2B
Interest coverage	7.15
Long-term assets	$20.8B
Long-term liabilities	$26B
Net cash (debt)	$-18.8B
Net cash / market cap	-15.85%
Net debt / EBITDA	3.34
Net debt / FCF	5.17
Piotroski F-Score	7
Property, plant and equipment	$15B
Shareholders' equity	$-7.7B
Tangible book value	$-9.1B
Tangible book value per share	$-7.97
Total assets	$28.3B
Total cash	$3.6B
Total debt	$22.5B
Total liabilities	$36B
WACC	8.34%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	1.24
Current assets	$7.5B
Current liabilities	$9.9B
Current ratio	0.76
Inventory turnover	13.33
Net working capital	$-3.2B
Quick ratio	0.5
Working capital	$-2.4B
Working capital turnover	-15.02

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	-0.32%
Dividend growth	1.63%
Dividend growth (10Y)	11.35%
Dividend growth (3Y)	4.85%
Dividend growth (5Y)	6.24%
Dividend growth years	15
Dividend payment date	2026-11-27
Dividend payment years	17
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$2.52
Dividend yield	2.44%
Ex-dividend date	2026-11-13
FCF payout ratio	78.86%
Last dividend	$0.63
Payout ratio	144.75%
Shareholder yield	2.1%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	92.4%
10Y return CAGR	9.09%
10Y total return	138.68%
150-day SMA	$100.93
15Y price change	378.78%
15Y return CAGR	13.14%
15Y total return	536.8%
1D price change	0.06%
1M price change	8.69%
1M total return	8.69%
1W price change	4.06%
1W total return	4.06%
1Y price change	18.21%
1Y return CAGR	21.25%
1Y total return	21.23%
20-day SMA	$96.87
200-day SMA	$99.71
20Y price change	442.37%
20Y return CAGR	10.52%
20Y total return	639.44%
3M price change	-0.53%
3M total return	0.05%
3Y price change	12.05%
3Y return CAGR	6.51%
3Y total return	20.83%
50-day SMA	$99.25
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
52-week high	$110.51
52-week high date	2026-08-13
52-week low	$77.99
52-week low date	2025-11-04
5Y price change	-9.17%
5Y return CAGR	0.45%
5Y total return	2.26%
6M price change	5.33%
6M total return	6.55%
All-time high	$126.32
All-time high date	2021-07-23
All-time low	$0.32
All-time low date	1992-06-26
Average true range (ATR)	$2.28
Average volume	9.3M
Beta (1Y)	0.49
Beta (2Y)	1
Beta (5Y)	0.97
Change from 52-week high	-6.7%
Change from 52-week low	32.2%
Change from all-time high	-18.38%
Change from all-time low	32,090.13%
Change from open	0.23%
Day's gap	-0.16%
Dollar volume	$611.4M
High price	$104.42
Low price	$102.69
Monthly RSI	54.26
Open price	$102.87
Position in 52-week range	23.99%
Premarket change	-0.04%
Premarket close	$103.04
Premarket price	$103.00
Premarket volume	14.3K
Previous close	$103.04
Price vs 150-day SMA	2.15%
Price vs 20-day SMA	6.43%
Price vs 200-day SMA	3.4%
Price vs 50-day SMA	3.88%
Relative volume	0.64
RSI	66
Sharpe ratio	0.69
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.21
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.04
Sortino ratio	1.34
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.52
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.26
Volume	5.9M
Weekly RSI	54.55
YTD price change	22.44%
YTD total return	24.66%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	1.1B
Float percentage	99.8%
Shares change (QoQ)	0.05%
Shares change (YoY)	0.32%
Shares held by insiders	0.1%
Shares held by institutions	86.28%
Shares outstanding	1.1B
Short % of float	3.69%
Short % of shares	3.68%
Short ratio	6.1 days

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings.

Metric	Value
Page views	162

Deeper analysis on SBUX

14 sections in the full report · jump straight to what you need

Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

→

Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

→

Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

→

Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

→

Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

→

Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

→

Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

→

Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

→

Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

→

Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

→

Quote this valuation with its source: Fair value, Potential value and the price at analysis.

Frequently asked questions

About this SBUX report

What is the latest published SBUX stock rating?

Starbucks Corporation is shown with Sell in the latest published report, analyzed 2026-05-10. The hub links directly to the full analysis surface where the dated rating, fair-value bridge, risks, and scorecard are documented together.

Where can I read the full SBUX analysis?

The full latest published report, analyzed 2026-05-10, lives at /stocks/SBUX/analysis. The bare ticker page summarizes that read and links to each analysis tab; earlier editions remain under /analysis/archive.

What fair value is used for SBUX?

The latest published report analyzed 2026-05-10 gives SBUX a fair value of USD 40 and a potential value of USD 49. These are dated research outputs, not live market prices; review the valuation assumptions, sensitivity analysis, and material risks before making a decision.

How often is the SBUX page updated?

The hub selects the latest published stock report regardless of age and displays its analysis date (2026-05-10). Separately sourced market data is labeled with its own recorded timestamp and is never inferred from the report.

SellSBUX · Fair value $40.4-61.5%

Read full analysis →

Starbucks Corporation (SBUX)

Our latest published analysis: SBUX rated Sell

Price

Financial snapshot

Fair-value bridge

Latest news · SBUX

Valuation

Profitability

Balance sheet

Trading

Base and Bull scenarios

Sensitivity: Ke × terminal growth

Scorecard

Next earnings

Sector percentile context

All SBUX indicators

Profile and market data

Valuation

Profitability

Growth

Financial statements

Financial strength

Liquidity

Dividends and buybacks

Performance and technicals

Ownership and float

Other indicators

Deeper analysis on SBUX

Frequently asked questions

Rating history

Category	Score	Reading
Valuation	1.5
Management	5.3
Balance Sheet	3.0
Profitability	5.0
Revenue Growth	6.0
Risk Assessment	4.5
Competitive Moat	6.5
Earnings Quality	9.0
Capital Efficiency	6.5