Starbucks Corporation

SWX:SBUX Stock Report

Market Cap: CHF 87.8b

Starbucks Valuation

Is SBUX undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

What is the Fair Price of SBUX when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: SBUX (CHF76.78) is trading above our estimate of future cash flow value (CHF57.72)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: SBUX is trading above our estimate of future cash flow value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for SBUX?

Key metric: As SBUX is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for SBUX. This is calculated by dividing SBUX's market cap by their current earnings.
What is SBUX's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio81.9x
EarningsUS$1.37b
Market CapUS$112.04b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does SBUX's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for SBUX vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average40.5x
MCD McDonald's
25.5x7.11%US$217.7b
YUM Yum! Brands
28.3x9.50%US$44.7b
DASH DoorDash
83.3x30.90%US$78.2b
CPG Compass Group
24.9x11.36%US$46.6b
SBUX Starbucks
81.9x23.80%CHF 112.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SBUX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (81.9x) compared to the peer average (40.5x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SBUX's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Hospitality Industry?

9 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
SBUX 81.9xIndustry Avg. 17.5xNo. of Companies20PE01632486480+
9 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SBUX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (81.9x) compared to the European Hospitality industry average (17.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SBUX's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

SBUX PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio81.9x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate SBUX's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst SBUX forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCHF 76.78
CHF 78.47
+2.20%
11.10%CHF 95.37CHF 57.85n/a34
Apr ’27CHF 71.54
CHF 79.04
+10.48%
11.03%CHF 95.37CHF 58.81n/a33
Mar ’27CHF 75.81
CHF 77.43
+2.14%
11.38%CHF 92.77CHF 57.21n/a31
Feb ’27CHF 70.77
CHF 76.65
+8.31%
12.14%CHF 92.76CHF 51.79n/a31
Jan ’27CHF 67.36
CHF 74.56
+10.69%
11.82%CHF 91.09CHF 53.07n/a31
Dec ’26n/a
CHF 75.65
0%
11.99%CHF 92.56CHF 53.92n/a30
Nov ’26n/a
CHF 75.77
0%
11.72%CHF 92.53CHF 55.52n/a30
Oct ’26n/a
CHF 78.17
0%
11.26%CHF 91.54CHF 58.11n/a30
Sep ’26n/a
CHF 79.73
0%
11.02%CHF 92.87CHF 58.95n/a30
Aug ’26n/a
CHF 79.68
0%
11.01%CHF 93.41CHF 56.05n/a30
Jul ’26n/a
CHF 73.75
0%
10.56%CHF 85.69CHF 54.74n/a30
Jun ’26n/a
CHF 74.97
0%
12.23%CHF 102.84CHF 56.77n/a29
May ’26n/a
CHF 76.93
0%
12.91%CHF 103.70CHF 60.56n/a29
Apr ’26n/a
CHF 95.09
0%
13.12%CHF 110.56CHF 67.22CHF 71.5430
Mar ’26n/a
CHF 96.31
0%
12.68%CHF 112.85CHF 68.61CHF 75.8130
Feb ’26n/a
CHF 96.51
0%
12.29%CHF 113.84CHF 69.21CHF 70.7730
Jan ’26n/a
CHF 92.77
0%
12.03%CHF 107.76CHF 68.25CHF 67.3630
Dec ’25n/a
CHF 91.48
0%
11.93%CHF 106.44CHF 67.41n/a30
Nov ’25n/a
CHF 88.29
0%
12.45%CHF 104.47CHF 66.17n/a29
Oct ’25n/a
CHF 83.14
0%
13.84%CHF 101.55CHF 64.31n/a29
Sep ’25n/a
CHF 81.32
0%
12.64%CHF 101.64CHF 65.22n/a29
Aug ’25CHF 84.00
CHF 76.22
-9.26%
9.78%CHF 97.85CHF 67.27n/a29
Jul ’25CHF 84.00
CHF 80.98
-3.59%
11.42%CHF 107.80CHF 69.17n/a29
Jun ’25CHF 84.00
CHF 80.89
-3.70%
11.18%CHF 108.27CHF 69.47n/a28
May ’25CHF 84.00
CHF 86.22
+2.65%
11.58%CHF 110.30CHF 71.69n/a29
Apr ’25CHF 84.00
CHF 96.05
+14.35%
7.34%CHF 114.87CHF 85.93n/a29
CHF 78.36
Fair Value
2.0% undervalued intrinsic discount
34
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/04/16 03:43
End of Day Share Price 2026/04/16 00:00
Earnings2025/12/28
Annual Earnings2025/09/28

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Starbucks Corporation is covered by 65 analysts. 9 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Will ChienAccountability Research Corporation
John StaszakArgus Research Company
David TarantinoBaird