NASDAQ:SBUX - Starbucks Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Starbucks declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, May 25th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.10%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 9th. 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 market closes 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 share repurchase plan on Thursday, April 26th 2018, which permits the company to buyback 0 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Starbucks Co. (NASDAQ:SBUX) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The coffee company reported $0.53 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.53. The coffee company earned $6.03 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.93 billion. Starbucks had a net margin of 18.71% and a return on equity of 60.33%. The company's revenue was up 13.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.45 earnings per share. View Starbucks' Earnings History.

Starbucks is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 26th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Starbucks.

Starbucks updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 26th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.48-2.53 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.49.

28 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Starbucks' shares. Their predictions range from $52.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect Starbucks' share price to reach $64.2904 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Starbucks.

Starbucks saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 29,508,014 shares, an increase of 7.2% from the May 15th total of 27,530,713 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 6,258,459 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.7 days. Approximately 2.2% of the company's shares are short sold.

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Press coverage about SBUX stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring 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 nearest to one being the most favorable. Starbucks earned a coverage optimism score of 0.02 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the coffee company an impact score of 46.40 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Starbucks' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.10%), Magellan Asset Management Ltd (2.23%), Northern Trust Corp (1.50%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.12%), Polen Capital Management LLC (0.89%) and Legal & General Group Plc (0.48%). 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 Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board, Neuberger Berman Group LLC, CI Global Investments Inc., Trilogy Global Advisors LP, Franklin Resources Inc., Toronto Dominion Bank and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, River Road Asset Management LLC, Thornburg Investment Management Inc., Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Summit Trail Advisors LLC, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, BB&T Securities LLC and Twin Tree Management LP. 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 $57.22.

Starbucks has a market capitalization of $78.81 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]