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

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

Starbucks announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 26th. Shareholders 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 of this dividend 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 issued 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 announced that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program on Thursday, April 26th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase 0 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) issued its quarterly earnings data 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 analysts' expectations of $5.93 billion. Starbucks had a net margin of 18.71% and a return on equity of 60.33%. The firm's revenue was up 13.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $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.

29 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Starbucks' stock. 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 drop in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totalling 26,105,096 shares, a drop 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 short-interest ratio is currently 3.0 days. Currently, 1.9% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

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).

Media stories about SBUX stock have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. 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 daily sentiment score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also gave media headlines about the coffee company an impact score of 46.05 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

Starbucks' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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 purchased 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 $57.38.

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]