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

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

Starbucks announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 9th will be given 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 2.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 8th. This is an increase from Starbucks's previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. 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 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 approved a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, April 26th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase 0 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

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

30 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Starbucks' stock. Their predictions range from $48.00 to $68.00. On average, they expect Starbucks' share price to reach $60.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 17.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Starbucks.

30 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Starbucks in the last year. There are currently 15 hold ratings and 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Starbucks saw a decrease in short interest in June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 29,090,994 shares, a decrease of 10.5% from the June 15th total of 32,497,192 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 23,039,549 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.3 days. Approximately 2.2% of the shares of the stock 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).

Media headlines about SBUX stock have trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to Accern. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Starbucks earned a media sentiment score of 0.11 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the coffee company an impact score of 44.72 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

Starbucks' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank of Montreal Can (0.13%), Riverbridge Partners LLC (0.06%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.06%), Saratoga Research & Investment Management (0.05%), Oakbrook Investments LLC (0.05%) and Calamos Advisors LLC (0.05%). 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 Bank of Montreal Can, Sabal Trust CO, Calamos Advisors LLC, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Westpac Banking Corp and Riverbridge Partners LLC. 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 Saratoga Research & Investment Management, LGT Capital Partners LTD., Stonebridge Capital Management Inc., DnB Asset Management AS, Montrusco Bolton Investments Inc., Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Bremer Trust National Association. 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 $51.25.

Starbucks has a market capitalization of $70.30 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]