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 paid 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 2.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 payable 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 of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Thursday, April 26th 2018, which permits the company to buyback 0 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Starbucks Co. (NASDAQ:SBUX) released its earnings results on Thursday, July, 26th. The coffee company reported $0.62 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.60 by $0.02. The coffee company earned $6.31 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.55 earnings per share. 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 updated its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 26th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.68 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.63.

27 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Starbucks' shares. Their forecasts range from $48.00 to $68.00. On average, they anticipate Starbucks' stock price to reach $59.5417 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.2% 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 trading volume, of 12,014,861 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.2 days. Currently, 2.0% 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 articles about SBUX stock have been trending somewhat positive on Saturday, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news 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 news and rumor sentiment score of 0.11 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the coffee company an impact score of 47.20 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for Starbucks.

Starbucks' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 $53.56.

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]