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

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

Starbucks declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 20th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.36 per share on Friday, August 24th. This represents a $1.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.76%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 8th. This is a positive change from Starbucks's previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. View Starbucks' Dividend History.

Starbucks shares split on the morning of Thursday, April 9th 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, March 18th 2015. The newly issued 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 announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, April 26th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback 0 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Starbucks Co. (NASDAQ:SBUX) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The coffee company reported $0.53 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.53. The coffee company earned $6.03 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.93 billion. Starbucks had a return on equity of 60.33% and a net margin of 18.71%. Starbucks's revenue was up 13.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.45 EPS. 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 issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.48-2.53 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.49.

29 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Starbucks' shares. Their predictions range from $52.00 to $68.00. On average, they expect Starbucks' stock price to reach $62.2083 in the next year. 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 daily trading volume, of 6,258,459 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.7 days. Approximately 2.2% of the shares of the company 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 coverage about SBUX stock has trended positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Starbucks earned a media sentiment score of 0.43 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the coffee company an impact score of 48.26 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

Starbucks' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail 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 acquired 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 $52.22.

Starbucks has a market capitalization of $78.96 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]