Starbucks Corporation SBUX
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
Starbucks Corporation is a large-cap company in the Consumer Cyclical sector (Restaurants), with a market value of $108.0B, based in the USA.
It employs about 381,000 people and has been listed since Jun 26, 1992.
Starbucks Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a roaster, marketer, and retailer of coffee internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Channel Development. Its stores offer coffee, tea, and other beverages, roasted whole beans and ground coffees, complementary food, packaged coffees, single-serve products, and ready-to-drink beverages; and various food products, such as pastries, breakfast sandwiches, and lunch items.
Cheap or expensive? relatively expensive
Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 54.7 versus 18.2 for 4 direct peers — relatively expensive.
Revenue is shrinking 1% versus the same quarter last year.
On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 30.9 — they expect higher earnings.
The average analyst price target is 111.57, 18% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 55% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- No risk flags were detected from the data we have.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 11 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (15 vs 2).
- ✅ Pays a dividend (2.6% a year).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock fell 0.2% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLY -0.5%).
This week's news
- Jim Cramer Says McDonald’s (MCD) is a Buy Opportunity After 24% Drop But There’s a Catch finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-03
- The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights Cisco Systems, Shopify, Starbucks and Smith-Midland finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- Market Chatter: Starbucks Pressured to Shutter Outlets in China's Xinjiang finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- Top Research Reports for Cisco, Shopify & Starbucks finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-01
- Are Retail-Wholesale Stocks Lagging BJ's Restaurants (BJRI) This Year? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-01
- Can McDonald's Beverage Expansion Become Its Next Global Growth Wave? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-30
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.