Starbucks (SBUX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Starbucks Corporation is a global specialty coffee company that operates coffeehouses and sells coffee, tea and other beverages, along with food products and merchandise. Its menu includes brewed coffee, espresso-based drinks, cold beverages, teas, bakery items and ready-to-eat food. Starbucks also markets packaged coffee, ready-to-drink beverages and related products through retail and grocery channels, often through licensing and other business partnerships.

Founded in Seattle in 1971, Starbucks expanded from a local coffee retailer into an international brand. The company serves customers through company-operated and licensed stores across North America and numerous international markets, including countries in Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. Its business also includes digital ordering, delivery in select markets and a customer loyalty program.

Starbucks is led by Brian Niccol, who became chairman and chief executive officer in September 2024. The company’s history is also closely associated with Howard Schultz, who helped build Starbucks into a global coffeehouse brand and served multiple terms as its chief executive.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $93.78 to $96.20
• 50-Day Range: $93.65 to $108.55
• 52-Week Range: $77.99 to $110.51
• Volume: 7.30 million shs
• Average Volume: 6.53 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $108.61 billion
• P/E Ratio: 54.75
• Dividend Yield: 2.60%
• Price Target: $110.30
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Starbucks Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Starbucks scored higher than 83% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 149th out of 483 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Starbucks has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.47, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 18 buy ratings, 11 hold ratings, and 4 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Starbucks has a consensus price target of $110.30, representing about 15.8% upside from its current price of $95.27.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Starbucks has been the subject of 19 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 20.61%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Starbucks are expected to grow by 20.61% in the coming year, from $2.62 to $3.16 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Starbucks is 54.75, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.53.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Starbucks is 54.75, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 44.19.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Starbucks has a PEG Ratio of 1.65. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.50% of the float of Starbucks has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Starbucks has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.19.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Starbucks has recently decreased by 0.33%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Starbucks pays a meaningful dividend of 2.61%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Starbucks has been increasing its dividend for 15 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Starbucks is 142.53%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Starbucks will have a dividend payout ratio of 78.48% in the coming year. This indicates that Starbucks may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.22

News Sentiment

Starbucks has a news sentiment score of 0.22. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.55 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 63 news articles for Starbucks this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 62 people have searched for SBUX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -2% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

25 people have added Starbucks to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 127% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Starbucks insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $703,450.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.03% of the stock of Starbucks is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

72.29% of the stock of Starbucks is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/29/2026
• Record date for 8/28 Dividend: 8/14/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/28 Dividend: 8/14/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/28/2026
• Today: 9/28/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 9/30/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/28/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
• Sub-Industry: Restaurants
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:SBUX
• CIK: 829224
• Web: www.starbucks.com
• Phone: (206) 447-1575
• Fax: 206-318-3432
• Employees: 381,000
• Year Founded: 1971

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Starbucks: $110.30
• High Price Target: $130.00
• Low Price Target: $84.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +15.8%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.47
• Research Coverage: 34 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.74
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 54.75
• Forward P/E Ratio: 36.36
• P/E Growth: 1.65
• Net Income: $1.86 billion
• Net Margins: 5.17%
• Pretax Margin: 8.02%
• Return on Equity: -34.10%
• Return on Assets: 9.03%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.76
• Quick Ratio: 0.54

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $37.18 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.92
• Cash Flow: $3.71 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 25.69
• Book Value: ($7.12) per share
• Price / Book: -13.38

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,140,000,000
• Free Float: 1,139,658,000
• Market Cap: $108.61 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.97