What Should Investors Know About Starbucks (SBUX) Stock?

Shares of Consumer Discretionary sector company Starbucks moved -0.6% today, and are now trading at a price of $99.3. The large-cap stock's daily volume was 9,827,760 compared to its average volume of 6,690,534. The S&P 500 index returned a 0.0% performance.

Starbucks Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a roaster, marketer, and retailer of coffee worldwide. The company is based in Seattle and has 381,000 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $112,874,315,776. Starbucks currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 2.2% per year.

30 analysts are following Starbucks and have set target prices ranging from $90.86 to $123.57 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, SBUX is trading -4.41% away from its average analyst target price of $103.88 per share.

Over the last year, SBUX shares have gone down by -3.0%, which represents a difference of -16.0% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $115.48 per share and its 52 week low is $89.21. Although Starbucks's average free cash flow over the last 6 years has been $4.01 Billion, they have been decreasing at an average rate of -15.3%. For this reason, investors may continue to shun the stock.

Date Reported Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) Capital expenditures ($ k) Free Cash Flow ($ k) YoY Growth (%)
2023 6,008,700 2,333,600 3,675,100 43.78
2022 4,397,300 1,841,300 2,556,000 -43.44
2021 5,989,100 1,470,000 4,519,100 3857.18
2020 1,597,800 1,483,600 114,200 -96.48
2019 5,047,000 1,806,600 3,240,400 -67.47
2018 11,937,800 1,976,400 9,961,400
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