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Starbucks Profile & Fundamentals

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Company Profile & Ownership

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. The company also licenses its trademarks through licensed stores, and grocery and foodservice accounts. The company offers its products under the Starbucks Coffee, Teavana, Seattle's Best Coffee, Ethos, and Starbucks Reserve brands. Starbucks Corporation was founded in 1971 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

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Starbucks Corporation

Common Stock · Consumer Discretionary · Restaurants

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Company

Company / asset: Starbucks Corporation
Security type: Common Stock
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Industry: Restaurants
HQ: 🇺🇸 United States
Head office: 2401 Utah Avenue South, Seattle, WA, United States, 98134

Leadership & scale

Chief executive: Mr. Brian R. Niccol
CEO year born: 1974
Full-time employees: 381K
Fiscal year end: September
IPO date: 1992-06-26

Fundamentals snapshot

Updated 2026-09-14

Market Cap: USD 109.6B
P/E: 55.3x
Revenue (Q2 26): USD 9.3B
Profit (Q2 26): USD 1.0B
Dividend Yield: 1.8%
Revenue (FY 25): USD 37.2B
Shares in public float: 1.1B
Insider ownership: 0.13%

Reporting & identifiers

Symbol: SBUX.NASDAQ
Listing: 🇺🇸 United States | Dividend Tax: 30%
Ticker Currency: USD
Income Statement Currency: USD
Balance Sheet Currency: USD
Cash Flow Currency: USD
EPS Currency: USD
Contract Type: SPOT
ISIN: US8552441094
Asset ID: equity_ba12ea48-84e6-5905-9adb-4b8ed803cd70

Ownership

Shares Outstanding

Shares outstanding

Annual reported shares outstanding. Values in shares.

Top holders

Capital Research Global Investors109,649,535 shares · 9.62% · Reported 2026-06-30
Capital World Investors91,475,472 shares · 8.02% · Reported 2026-06-30
BlackRock Inc79,564,331 shares · 6.98% · Reported 2026-03-31
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC74,026,228 shares · 6.49% · Reported 2026-03-31
State Street Corp47,729,771 shares · 4.19% · Reported 2026-03-31
Amvescap Plc.38,167,241 shares · 3.35% · Reported 2026-03-31
Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest36,290,350 shares · 3.18% · Reported 2026-07-31

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Vanguard 500 Index Investor29,921,011 shares · 2.62% · Reported 2026-07-31
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC29,445,025 shares · 2.58% · Reported 2026-03-31
American Funds American Mutual A28,924,014 shares · 2.54% · Reported 2026-06-30
Capital Group American Mutual Comp28,924,014 shares · 2.54% · Reported 2026-06-30
Geode Capital Management, LLC28,016,179 shares · 2.46% · Reported 2026-03-31
Capital Group Investment Co of Amer Comp26,068,458 shares · 2.29% · Reported 2026-06-30
American Funds Invmt Co of Amer A26,068,458 shares · 2.29% · Reported 2026-06-30
FMR Inc25,764,525 shares · 2.26% · Reported 2026-03-31

Earnings, Profitability & Valuation

Earnings & Revenue

AI Review

The financial reports show a clear split between short-term improvements and long-term worries. On one hand, recent quarterly results show a nice bounce in sales and customer visits in U.S. stores, suggesting that the new CEO's strategies are starting to work. On the other hand, the company's overall net income and cash flow have dropped significantly over the past year. Most experts agree that the business is losing its ability to easily grow profits because of rising costs. While some believe the company can slowly rebuild its earnings by focusing on U.S. stores and cutting international risks, others warn that the stock is simply too expensive for a mature business. The main disagreement is whether the recent sales boost is a permanent recovery or just a temporary high before a larger slowdown.

Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow

Revenue
Free cash flow
Net income

Annual reported financial results, converted using the statement's recorded USD conversion. Missing values are omitted. Values in USD.

Valuation

Historical P/E Ratio

Published P/E

Published valuation snapshots. Trailing four-quarter earnings where available; annual earnings otherwise. Non-positive earnings are omitted. Values in times earnings.

Profitability & Margins

AI Review

Profit margins have shrunk dramatically from their historical peaks, and there is a sharp disagreement on whether they can ever fully recover. The reports agree that high employee wages, expensive packaging, and intense price wars in China have severely damaged profitability. Optimistic outlooks suggest that margins will slowly climb back as store automation takes hold and the low-margin China business is offloaded. However, cautious reports argue that these cost pressures are permanent, meaning margins will remain capped at a much lower level than in the past. Because the stock is currently priced as if margins will instantly snap back to historical highs, any failure to achieve perfect profitability will likely lead to a sharp drop in the stock price. Investors should watch labor costs closely to see if margins can stabilize.

Profitability Margins

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Operating margin
Net margin
Free cash flow margin

Annual gross, operating, net income and free cash flow divided by revenue for matching reporting dates. Values in percent.

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Annual earnings and profitability
Period end	Revenue	Free cash flow	Net income	Gross margin	Operating margin	Net margin	Free cash flow margin
2016-09-30	21,315,900,000	3,134,800,000	2,817,700,000	31.63	19.57	13.22	14.71
2017-09-30	22,386,800,000	2,654,900,000	2,884,700,000	30.53	18.47	12.89	11.86
2018-09-30	24,719,500,000	9,961,400,000	4,518,300,000	29.6	15.71	18.28	40.3
2019-09-30	26,508,600,000	3,240,400,000	3,599,200,000	28.25	15.38	13.58	12.22
2020-09-30	23,518,000,000	114,200,000	928,300,000	21.51	6.64	3.95	0.49
2021-09-30	29,060,600,000	4,519,100,000	4,199,300,000	28.87	16.77	14.45	15.55
2022-09-30	32,250,300,000	2,556,000,000	3,281,600,000	25.96	14.32	10.18	7.93
2023-09-30	35,975,600,000	3,675,100,000	4,124,500,000	27.37	16.32	11.46	10.22
2024-09-30	36,176,200,000	3,318,100,000	3,760,900,000	26.84	14.95	10.4	9.17
2025-09-30	37,184,400,000	2,442,000,000	1,856,400,000	24.15	9.63	4.99	6.57

Published valuation snapshots
Period end	P/E (times earnings)	Earnings basis
2025-09-30	52.04	Trailing four quarters
2024-09-30	29.51	Trailing four quarters
2023-09-30	25.24	Trailing four quarters
2022-09-30	29.6	Annual net income
2021-09-30	30.91	Annual net income

Shares outstanding — chart values
Reporting date	Shares outstanding
2017-01-01	1,434,600,000
2018-01-01	1,253,400,000
2019-01-01	1,191,000,000
2020-01-01	1,183,000,000
2021-01-01	1,176,600,000
2022-01-01	1,152,900,000
2023-01-01	1,140,600,000
2024-01-01	1,138,400,000
2025-01-01	1,141,900,000
2026-01-01	1,143,800,000

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