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

Shares of Starbucks split before market open 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 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 initiated a share repurchase plan on Thursday, April 26th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase 0 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) announced its quarterly earnings data 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 earned $6.03 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm 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 issued an update on 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 earnings per share estimate of $2.49.

29 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Starbucks' shares. Their predictions range from $52.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect Starbucks' stock price to reach $64.4167 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Starbucks.

Starbucks saw a decline in short interest in 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 trading volume of 8,667,363 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 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).

Headlines about SBUX stock have been trending somewhat positive on Thursday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog 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 0.04 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the coffee company an impact score of 46.46 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

Starbucks' stock is owned by a variety 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 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 $57.49.

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]