NASDAQ:SBUX - Starbucks Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Starbucks announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 20th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 9th will be given a dividend of $0.36 per share on Friday, August 24th. This represents a $1.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.67%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 8th. This is a boost from Starbucks's previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. View Starbucks' Dividend History.

Starbucks's stock split before market open on Thursday, April 9th 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, March 18th 2015. The newly issued shares were issued 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 declared that its board has approved a stock buyback program on Thursday, April 26th 2018, which allows the company to buyback 0 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Starbucks Co. (NASDAQ:SBUX) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 26th. The coffee company reported $0.62 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.60 by $0.02. The coffee company earned $6.31 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.25 billion. Starbucks had a return on equity of 67.11% and a net margin of 18.87%. The company's revenue was up 11.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.55 EPS. View Starbucks' Earnings History.

Starbucks is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November, 1st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Starbucks.

Starbucks issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 26th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.68 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.63.

27 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Starbucks' stock. Their predictions range from $48.00 to $68.00. On average, they expect Starbucks' share price to reach $59.5417 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Starbucks.

27 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Starbucks in the last year. There are currently 13 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Starbucks.

Starbucks saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 26,398,075 shares, an increase of 2.8% from the July 13th total of 27,147,718 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 12,014,861 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.2 days. Approximately 2.0% of the company's stock are short sold. View Starbucks' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Starbucks include Dunkin Brands Group (DNKN), Wendys (WEN), GREENE KING PLC/S (GKNGY), Shake Shack (SHAK), Cannae (CNNE), Empire Resorts (NYNY), Jamba (JMBA), iPic Entertainment (IPIC) and Giggles N Hugs (GIGL).

News headlines about SBUX stock have been trending somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Starbucks earned a coverage optimism score of 0.09 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the coffee company an impact score of 47.21 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for Starbucks.

Starbucks' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.27%), Morgan Stanley (3.49%), Magellan Asset Management Ltd (2.40%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.18%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.05%) and Janus Henderson Group PLC (0.97%). Company insiders that own Starbucks stock include Clifford Burrows, Craig Weatherup, Howard D Schultz, Javier G Teruel, John Culver, Jorgen Vig Knudstorp, Joshua Cooper Ramo, Myron E Ullman III and Paul Mutty. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Starbucks.

SBUX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Epoch Investment Partners Inc., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Bank of Montreal Can, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Federated Investors Inc. PA, Sawgrass Asset Management LLC and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold Starbucks company stock in the last year include Clifford Burrows, Craig Weatherup, Howard D Schultz, Javier G Teruel, John Culver, Joshua Cooper Ramo, Myron E Ullman III and Paul Mutty. View Insider Buying and Selling for Starbucks.

SBUX stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Parnassus Investments CA, Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc., Magellan Asset Management Ltd, Fiera Capital Corp, Morgan Stanley, Natixis, Toronto Dominion Bank and Artisan Partners Limited Partnership. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SBUX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $53.92.

Starbucks has a market capitalization of $69.49 billion and generates $22.39 billion in revenue each year. The coffee company earns $2.88 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.06 on an earnings per share basis. Starbucks employs 277,000 workers across the globe.

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]