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SBUX vs. AAPL, AMZN, DPZ, GOOGL, PYPL, TSLA, CMG, MCD, NKE, and YUM

Should you be buying Starbucks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Starbucks include Apple (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Alphabet (GOOGL), PayPal (PYPL), Tesla (TSLA), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), McDonald's (MCD), NIKE (NKE), and Yum! Brands (YUM).

Starbucks vs. Its Competitors

Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.

72.3% of Starbucks shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Apple shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Starbucks shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Apple shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Apple has higher revenue and earnings than Starbucks. Apple is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Starbucks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Starbucks$36.18B2.98$3.76B$2.7634.40
Apple$391.04B8.07$93.74B$6.4232.89

Starbucks currently has a consensus price target of $98.73, suggesting a potential upside of 3.99%. Apple has a consensus price target of $235.27, suggesting a potential upside of 11.42%. Given Apple's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Apple is more favorable than Starbucks.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Starbucks
2 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45
Apple
2 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.59

Apple has a net margin of 24.30% compared to Starbucks' net margin of 8.61%. Apple's return on equity of 167.24% beat Starbucks' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Starbucks8.61% -42.14% 10.27%
Apple 24.30%167.24%31.35%

In the previous week, Apple had 200 more articles in the media than Starbucks. MarketBeat recorded 276 mentions for Apple and 76 mentions for Starbucks. Starbucks' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Apple's score of 0.77 indicating that Starbucks is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Starbucks
46 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
20 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Apple
149 Very Positive mention(s)
26 Positive mention(s)
62 Neutral mention(s)
29 Negative mention(s)
8 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Starbucks pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Apple pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Starbucks pays out 88.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Apple pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Starbucks has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Apple has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Starbucks is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Starbucks has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Apple beats Starbucks on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SBUX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SBUX vs. The Competition

MetricStarbucksRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$108.13B$11.91B$26.22B$9.10B
Dividend Yield2.56%3.64%175.53%4.00%
P/E Ratio34.4039.2729.0420.27
Price / Sales2.982.148.3299.27
Price / Cash20.1417.8049.4658.16
Price / Book-14.4510.745.725.49
Net Income$3.76B$400.87M$869.96M$250.45M
7 Day Performance0.53%-2.51%0.70%4.77%
1 Month Performance0.66%2.71%5.91%7.66%
1 Year Performance26.87%5.24%21.04%16.39%

Starbucks Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SBUX
Starbucks
4.3993 of 5 stars
$94.94
-0.2%
$98.73
+4.0%
+29.5%$108.13B$36.18B34.40361,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
AAPL
Apple
4.8242 of 5 stars
$209.71
-1.8%
$234.95
+12.0%
-7.2%$3.14T$391.04B32.70164,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.504 of 5 stars
$223.11
-0.1%
$245.60
+10.1%
+15.4%$2.37T$650.31B36.341,556,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
DPZ
Domino's Pizza
3.4646 of 5 stars
$451.03
-0.3%
$487.17
+8.0%
-1.9%$15.44B$4.71B25.8610,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
GOOGL
Alphabet
4.2016 of 5 stars
$176.12
-1.9%
$199.95
+13.5%
-2.9%$2.14T$350.02B19.63183,323Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PYPL
PayPal
4.8181 of 5 stars
$75.92
-0.9%
$83.42
+9.9%
+19.0%$73.83B$31.80B16.9824,400Trending News
TSLA
Tesla
4.6686 of 5 stars
$292.97
-7.1%
$301.60
+2.9%
+30.1%$943.98B$95.72B161.03125,665Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
CMG
Chipotle Mexican Grill
4.4255 of 5 stars
$55.13
-3.4%
$60.93
+10.5%
-2.6%$74.40B$11.49B48.87130,504Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
MCD
McDonald's
4.4454 of 5 stars
$293.00
-0.4%
$321.17
+9.6%
+17.7%$209.63B$25.92B25.88150,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
NKE
NIKE
4.4818 of 5 stars
$76.44
+0.1%
$77.19
+1.0%
-1.0%$113.08B$46.31B35.3979,400Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
YUM
Yum! Brands
4.2714 of 5 stars
$150.05
+0.0%
$157.86
+5.2%
+15.7%$41.70B$7.55B29.8940,000Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:SBUX) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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