Starbucks Corporation
SBUX Consumer Cyclical Restaurants
Starbucks Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $37.2 billion, up 2.79% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 1.41%, EPS grew 85.7%, free cash flow grew 211.0% and total debt fell 23.3%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100; dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for five; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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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 2.70%.
Free cash flow margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| 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
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 | 13.1% |
| CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. compare | 12.6% |
| SBUX Starbucks Corporation | 9.50% |
| DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc. compare | 7.95% |
| YUMC Yum China compare | 7.56% |
| TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare | 7.02% |
| Restaurants industry median | 3.12% |
| Consumer Cyclical sector median | 2.70% |
| 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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