Starbucks Corporation

SBUX Consumer Cyclical Restaurants

Starbucks Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended September 2026) was $37.9 billion, up 1.95% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
−4.47%
EPS
+85.7%
Free cash flow
+8.93%
Total debt
−17.4%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

106.27 3.43 −3.13%
Market cap
$121.0B
P/E
61.1×
Fwd P/E
44.7×
Dividend yield
2.33%
F-score
n/a
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
−2.95
Dividend safety
42/100

Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) Debt to equity

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Starbucks Corporation's debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was −1.7×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.8× (fiscal 2021) to 8.0× (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 58% of that period. That is below the Restaurants industry median of 0.2× and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2026 −1.7× —
FY2025 −2.0× —
FY2024 −2.1× —
FY2023 −1.9× —
FY2022 −1.7× —
FY2021 −2.8× —
FY2020 −2.0× —
FY2019 −1.8× —
FY2018 8.0× 1,012.93%
FY2017 0.7× 18.53%

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Sep 2026 −1.7× —
Jun 2026 −1.7× —
Mar 2026 −1.8× —
Dec 2025 −1.9× —
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −2.8× High 8.0×
Ten-year median −1.8×
Current reading's percentile 58

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
MCD McDonald's Corporation compare −39.0×
YUM Yum! Brands, Inc. compare −1.9×
SBUX Starbucks Corporation −1.7×
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare −1.2×
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. compare 0.0×
TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare 0.0×
YUMC Yum China compare 0.3×
DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc. compare 0.8×
QSR Restaurant Brands International Inc. compare 2.4×
Restaurants industry median 0.2×
Consumer Cyclical sector median 0.2×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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