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.

Revenue
−1.41%
EPS
+85.7%
Free cash flow
+211.0%
Total debt
−23.3%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

103.67 1.84 −1.74%
Market cap
$120.3B
P/E
59.7×
Fwd P/E
44.7×
Dividend yield
2.99%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
2.43
Beneish M
−2.88
Dividend safety
26/100

Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) Operating margin

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Starbucks Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 7.77%, down 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (7.90%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.64% (fiscal 2020) to 19.6% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Restaurants industry median of 4.30% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 4.08%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 7.90% (7.05)
FY2024 15.0% (1.37)
FY2023 16.3% 2.00
FY2022 14.3% (2.45)
FY2021 16.8% 10.13
FY2020 6.64% (8.74)
FY2019 15.4% (0.33)
FY2018 15.7% (2.76)
FY2017 18.5% (1.10)
FY2016 19.6% 0.78

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 10.5% 1.83
Mar 2026 8.69% (0.29)
Dec 2025 8.98% 6.07
Sep 2025 2.91% (6.98)
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Against its own ten years

Low 6.64% High 19.6%
Ten-year median 15.7%
Current reading's percentile 14

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
MCD McDonald's Corporation compare 46.2%
YUM Yum! Brands, Inc. compare 31.0%
QSR Restaurant Brands International Inc. compare 26.9%
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare 19.7%
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. compare 14.7%
DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc. compare 11.7%
YUMC Yum China compare 11.1%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 7.77%
TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare 7.75%
Restaurants industry median 4.30%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 4.08%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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