Starbucks Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NASDAQ:SBUX)

Starbucks trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "SBUX."

Starbucks announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 30th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.41 per share on Friday, November 29th. This represents a $1.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.94%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 12th. This is a boost from Starbucks's previous quarterly dividend of $0.36. View Starbucks' Dividend History.

Starbucks shares split on Thursday, April 9th 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, March 18th 2015. The newly issued shares were payable to shareholders after the closing bell on Wednesday, April 8th 2015. An investor that had 100 shares of Starbucks stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Starbucks announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Thursday, April 26th 2018, which permits the company to buyback 0 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Starbucks Co. (NASDAQ:SBUX) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The coffee company reported $0.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.70. The coffee company earned $6.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.68 billion. Starbucks had a negative return on equity of 75.45% and a net margin of 13.58%. The company's revenue was up 7.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.62 EPS. View Starbucks' Earnings History.

Starbucks is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Starbucks.

Starbucks updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 30th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.00-3.05 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.08. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.81-2.86 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $28.44 billion.

28 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Starbucks' stock. Their forecasts range from $72.00 to $110.00. On average, they expect Starbucks' stock price to reach $90.11 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Starbucks.

28 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Starbucks in the last year. There are currently 17 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Starbucks.

Media headlines about SBUX stock have been trending somewhat negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Starbucks earned a media sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the coffee company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Starbucks.

Starbucks saw a drop in short interest in the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 16,740,000 shares, a drop of 7.2% from the September 30th total of 18,030,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 6,470,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.6 days. Currently, 1.5% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Starbucks' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Starbucks include Mcdonald's (MCD), Yum! Brands (YUM), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Dunkin Brands Group (DNKN), Wendys (WEN), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Jack in the Box (JACK), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), Papa John's Int'l (PZZA), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Brinker International (EAT) and Dine Brands Global (DIN).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Starbucks investors own include Walt Disney (DIS), NVIDIA (NVDA), Netflix (NFLX), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Alibaba Group (BABA), Bank of America (BAC), Intel (INTC), Micron Technology (MU), Home Depot (HD) and Visa (V).

Starbucks' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.85%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.40%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.31%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.27%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.19%) and Parnassus Investments CA (0.19%). Company insiders that own Starbucks stock include Clifford Burrows, Craig Weatherup, Howard D Schultz, Javier G Teruel, Jill Walker, John Culver, Joshua Cooper Ramo, Kevin R Johnson, Lucy Lee Helm, Myron E Ullman III, Rosalind G Brewer and Vivek C Varma. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Starbucks.

SBUX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Parnassus Investments CA, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, First Trust Advisors LP, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Donaldson Capital Management LLC, AMF Pensionsforsakring AB, Russell Investments Group Ltd. and Oakbrook Investments LLC. Company insiders that have sold Starbucks company stock in the last year include Clifford Burrows, Javier G Teruel, Jill Walker, John Culver, Kevin R Johnson, Lucy Lee Helm, Myron E Ullman III and Vivek C Varma. View Insider Buying and Selling for Starbucks.

SBUX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Banco Santander S.A., California Public Employees Retirement System, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Bartlett & Co. LLC, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Alberta Investment Management Corp and Polaris Greystone Financial Group LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Starbucks.

Shares of SBUX can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SBUX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $84.38.

Starbucks has a market capitalization of $101.00 billion and generates $26.51 billion in revenue each year. The coffee company earns $3.60 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.83 on an earnings per share basis. Starbucks employs 291,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Starbucks.

The official website for Starbucks is http://www.starbucks.com/.

Starbucks' mailing address is 2401 UTAH AVENUE SOUTH, SEATTLE WA, 98134. The coffee company can be reached via phone at 206-447-1575 or via email at [email protected]