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. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.09%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 9th. View Starbucks' Dividend History.

Shares of Starbucks split 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 announced that its board has initiated a share repurchase program on Thursday, April 26th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase 0 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) released its earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The coffee company reported $0.53 EPS for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.53. The coffee company had revenue of $6.03 billion for 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%. The business's revenue was up 13.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company 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 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 twelve-month price targets for Starbucks' shares. Their forecasts range from $52.00 to $75.00. On average, they anticipate Starbucks' share price to reach $64.4167 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Starbucks.

Starbucks saw a decline in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totalling 26,105,096 shares, a decline of 24.2% from the April 13th total of 34,460,056 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 8,667,363 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.0 days. Approximately 1.9% of the company's stock are short sold.

Some companies that are related to Starbucks include Dunkin' Brands (DNKN), Wendy's (WEN), Greene King (GKNGY), Shake Shack (SHAK), Cannae (CNNE), Empire Resorts (NYNY), Jamba (JMBA), IPic Entertainment (IPIC) and Giggles N Hugs (GIGL).

News articles about SBUX stock have trended somewhat positive on Thursday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than twenty 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 closest to one being the most favorable. Starbucks earned a coverage optimism score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the coffee company an impact score of 48.22 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Starbucks' stock is owned by many different 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, Paul Mutty and William W Bradley. 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 $57.44.

Starbucks has a market capitalization of $78.60 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]