Starbucks Corporation SBUX

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Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) Free cash flow margin

Starbucks Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 9.50%, up 2.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (6.57%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.49% (fiscal 2020) to 40.3% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Restaurants industry median of 3.12% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 2.68%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

Annual

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 6.57% (2.60)
FY2024 9.17% (1.35)
FY2023 10.5% 2.59
FY2022 7.93% (7.62)
FY2021 15.6% 15.06
FY2020 0.49% (11.73)
FY2019 12.2% (28.08)
FY2018 40.3% 28.09
FY2017 12.2% (3.07)
FY2016 15.3% 2.47

Against its own ten years

Low 0.49% High 40.3%
Ten-year median 12.2%
Current reading's percentile 18

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
MCD McDonald's Corporation compare 28.6%
YUM Yum! Brands, Inc. compare 19.3%
QSR Restaurant Brands International Inc. compare 17.4%
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare 13.3%
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. compare 12.6%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 9.50%
DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc. compare 8.62%
YUMC Yum China compare 7.56%
TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare 7.02%
Restaurants industry median 3.12%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 2.68%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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