Briefing From The Editor -- SBUX Stock

By Emilio Sanchez • Tuesday, December 05 19:02 • Permanent Link

Large-cap Consumer Discretionary company Starbucks has moved -2.1% so far today on a volume of 16,014,417, compared to its average of 7,002,182. In contrast, the S&P 500 index moved -0.0%.

Starbucks trades -16.43% away from its average analyst target price of $114.33 per share. The 30 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $100.0 to $136.0, and on average have given Starbucks a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in SBUX, you'll want to know the following:

Starbucks has moved -6.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 17.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 3.58, Starbucks has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 26.7 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
SBUX has a forward P/E ratio of 19.7 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $4.84 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 1.38 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Starbucks is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Starbucks Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a roaster, marketer, and retailer of coffee worldwide.
Based in Seattle, the company has 381,000 full time employees and a market cap of $108.6 Billion. Starbucks currently returns an annual dividend yield of 2.2%.

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