Stock · SBUX · Consumer Cyclical
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1992 · Revenue 12 mo. $38.3B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Starbucks Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a roaster, marketer, and retailer of coffee internationally.
Starbucks Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a roaster, marketer, and retailer of coffee internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Channel Development. Its stores offer coffee, tea, and other beverages, roasted whole beans and ground coffees, complementary food, packaged coffees, single-serve products, and ready-to-drink beverages; and various food products, such as pastries, breakfast sandwiches, and lunch items. The company also licenses its trademarks through licensed stores, and grocery and foodservice accounts. The company offers its products under the Starbucks Coffee, Teavana, Seattle's Best Coffee, Ethos, and Starbucks Reserve brands. Starbucks Corporation was founded in 1971 and is based in Seattle, Washington.
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Summary
43.8 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €3.3B (2025), it supports €37.1B. The remaining €70B of the market value assume it grows 14.8% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
14.8%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 24.2×, above its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 18.1× to 22.6×, median 20.8×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
No indication in the stored figures.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q1 → Q2 2026
3 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., EBIT margin, Shares outstanding
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | −18.33% | 11.07% | Rank 7 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 24.93% | 17.91% | Rank 63 |
| EBIT margin | 9.74% | 10.89% | Rank 45 |
| FCF margin | 9.83% | 8.07% | Rank 63 |
| Gross margin | 67.73% | 34.00% | Rank 89 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 1.95% | 5.10% | Rank 31 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | −14.87% | 8.34% | Rank 16 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | −9.01% | 15.10% | Rank 11 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 3.33% | 4.34% | Rank 39 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 2.10% | 4.32% | Rank 18 |
| FCF yield | 3.12% | 4.17% | Rank 35 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 3.64 | 1.95 | Rank 25 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 37.36 | 16.88 | Rank 9 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | 18.60% | −4.35% | Rank 80 |
| Share price, 6 months | 0.94% | 3.63% | Rank 43 |
| Share price, 3 months | 4.97% | 2.92% | Rank 61 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −3.91% | −15.83% | Rank 87 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | −11.83% | 0.39% | Rank 99 |
| Change in share countlower is better | 0.32% | −0.37% | Rank 21 |
| Dividend streak in years | 15 | 4 | Rank 89 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | −0.14% | 0.16% | Rank 46 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | −27.01% | 40.59% | Rank 2 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 3.17 | 0.99 | Rank 19 |
| Debt to equitylower is betterdoes not count towards the rank | −2.88 | 0.49 | |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 27.60% | 33.42% | Rank 76 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 21.3 | 19.6% | $3.1B | 1.49B | $1.5B |
| 2017 | 22.4 | 18.5% | $2.7B | 1.46B | $1.5B |
| 2018 | 24.7 | 15.7% | $10.0B | 1.39B | $683.8M |
| 2019 | 26.5 | 15.4% | $3.2B | 1.23B | $8.5B |
| 2020 | 23.5 | 6.6% | $114.2M | 1.18B | $20.9B |
| 2021 | 29.1 | 16.8% | $4.5B | 1.19B | $17.1B |
| 2022 | 32.3 | 14.3% | $2.6B | 1.16B | $21.0B |
| 2023 | 36.0 | 16.3% | $3.7B | 1.15B | $21.0B |
| 2024 | 36.2 | 15.0% | $3.3B | 1.14B | $22.5B |
| 2025 | 37.2 | 9.6% | $2.4B | 1.14B | $23.4B |
2 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Starbucks Corporation mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Starbucks Corporation is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
2 of 7 rules met
4 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Starbucks Corporation.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 47.7 | 21.6 |
| P/B ratio | −14.1 | 2.4 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | −18.3% | 11.1% |
| Equity ratio | −27.0% | 40.6% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | −2.88 | 0.49 |
| Dividend yield | 2.4% | 2.2% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| SBUX | Starbucks Corporationthis page | |
| MCD | McDonald’s Corporation | Low4.5 |
| YUM | Yum! Brands Inc | Low3.6 |
| CMG | Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc | Medium5.5 |
| QSR.TO | Restaurant Brands International Inc | locked |
| CPG.L | Compass Group PLC | locked |
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