NASDAQ:SBUX - Starbucks Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Starbucks announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 30th. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.77%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 12th. This is a positive change from Starbucks's previous quarterly dividend of $0.36. View Starbucks' Dividend History.

Starbucks shares split before market open on Thursday, April 9th 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, March 18th 2015. The newly created shares were distributed 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 of Directors has approved a share repurchase plan on Thursday, April 26th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase 0 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's board believes its stock is 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, meeting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.70. The coffee company had revenue of $6.75 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.68 billion. Starbucks had a net margin of 13.58% and a negative return on equity of 75.45%. The business's revenue was up 7.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.62 earnings per share. View Starbucks' Earnings History.

Starbucks is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Starbucks.

Starbucks will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, January 28th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Starbucks issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 30th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.00-3.05 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS 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 1-year target prices for Starbucks' shares. Their forecasts range from $72.00 to $110.00. On average, they anticipate Starbucks' stock price to reach $92.32 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.3%. 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 15 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Starbucks.

Media headlines about SBUX stock have trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Starbucks earned a coverage optimism score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the coffee company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news 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 December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 15,360,000 shares, a drop of 5.1% from the December 15th total of 16,190,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 6,430,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.4 days. Approximately 1.4% of the shares of the company are sold short. 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), Papa John's Int'l (PZZA), Jack in the Box (JACK), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), 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), Home Depot (HD), Bank of America (BAC), Intel (INTC), Micron Technology (MU) and Visa (V).

Starbucks' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA (0.13%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.07%), Riverbridge Partners LLC (0.07%), Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC (0.06%), Strs Ohio (0.05%) and AMI Asset Management Corp (0.05%). Company insiders that own Starbucks stock include Clifford Burrows, Craig Weatherup, Javier G Teruel, Jill Walker, John Culver, 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 Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Ironvine Capital Partners LLC, Copperwynd Financial LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. and Strs Ohio. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Gradient Investments LLC, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Eidelman Virant Capital, Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC, Benson Investment Management Company Inc., Janney Montgomery Scott LLC and Farmers Trust Co.. 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 $92.58.

Starbucks has a market capitalization of $109.34 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 346,000 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]