SBUX

Starbucks Corporation

NMS · Consumer Cyclical

$94.86

$1.21 (+1.29%)up 1.29%

26 September 2026 · delayed 15+ min

F

Quality score45.5 / 100

Cut-offs are the grader's own: 97+ for an A+, below 60 is an F.

Starbucks Corporation earns a F on strong earnings growth (>20%) and positive free cash flow but current ratio below 1.0 (liquidity concerns) and negative revenue growth. Does not meet investment criteria for your profile.

Model stance AVOID Suggested position 3.4% · $340.00 IQInvest estimate
Adjusted for Moderate investors, Medium-term investors 3.4% suggested allocation Change these

These change the suggested position size and the stance, not the category scores. Amount is in dollars.

IQ-SBUX-20260926engine v1 · 7-category weighted scorecard

What it is worth, depending who you ask.

Today’s price against the year it has had and the targets analysts publish. Every marker is a reported figure, not a projection of ours.

52-week low

$77.99

Lowest analyst target

$81.00

Today's price

$94.86

52-week high

$110.51

Mean analyst target

$112.23

Highest analyst target

$143.00

SBUX trades 52% of the way up its 52-week range, between $77.99 and $110.51. The mean analyst target of $112.23 is 18.3% above today's price.

Today’s price 52-week range Analyst price targets

Scored categories

Financial healthStrong earnings growth (>20%); Positive free cash flow; Current ratio below 1.0 (liquidity concerns); Negative revenue growth 55.023%

Profit margin

5.17%

Net profit per unit of revenue

healthyWhat this means

Of every 100 units of revenue, this much survives as profit.

A comfortable buffer between revenue and costs.

Operating margin

12.92%

Before interest and tax

healthyWhat this means

Profit from operations, before interest and tax, per 100 of revenue.

The operations themselves are comfortably profitable.

Gross margin

22.34%

After the cost of goods only

moderateWhat this means

What is left of revenue after only the direct cost of the product.

A conventional manufacturing or mixed-model range.

Return on assets

8.02%

Profit per unit of assets

strongWhat this means

Profit generated per unit of everything the company owns.

The assets are working hard.

Current ratio

0.76

Short-term assets over short-term debts

tightWhat this means

Short-term assets against short-term obligations.

Below 1 the company owes more within a year than it holds — workable if customers pay up front, risky otherwise.

Quick ratio

0.50

As above, excluding inventory

tightWhat this means

Short-term assets excluding inventory, against short-term debts.

Very little liquid cover if receipts slow down.

Revenue growth

-1.40%

Year on year

shrinkingWhat this means

Change in revenue against the same period last year.

Revenue is falling, which puts every margin under pressure.

Earnings growth

85.70%

Year on year

very strongWhat this means

Change in earnings against the same period last year.

Check whether it is repeatable or a one-off — a single asset sale can flatter this badly.

Revenue

$28.77B

Trailing twelve months

Free cash flow

$3.07B

Cash left after capital spending

Operating cash flow

$4.99B

Cash from the business itself

Payout ratio

142.77%

Dividends as a share of earnings

above earningsWhat this means

The share of earnings paid out as dividends.

The dividend exceeds profit, so it is being funded from cash or debt — rarely sustainable.

Growth & momentumLow Sharpe ratio (0.05) 40.022%

Sharpe ratio

0.05

Return earned per unit of risk

modestWhat this means

Return earned per unit of risk taken.

Below 1 is the common case; return did not strongly outpace the volatility.

Win rate

49.36%

Share of days that closed up

about evenWhat this means

The share of trading days that closed higher.

Close to a coin flip, which is the norm — returns come from the size of moves, not their count.

Average daily return

0.01%

Best day

24.50%

Worst day

-15.88%

ValuationHigh P/E ratio (54.8) - may be overvalued 25.018%

P/E ratio

54.83

Price against trailing earnings

very highWhat this means

You pay 54.83 for every 1 unit of annual earnings.

Above 40 the price assumes growth that then has to actually arrive.

Forward P/E

30.38

Price against forecast earnings

highWhat this means

Price against next year's *forecast* earnings.

Even next year's expected earnings do not bring the multiple down much.

PEG ratio

1.11

P/E adjusted for growth

fairWhat this means

P/E divided by the growth rate — it asks whether the price is justified by the growth.

Between 1 and 2 price and growth are roughly in step.

Price to book

-14.09

Price against balance-sheet equity

below bookWhat this means

Price against the accounting value of the company's net assets.

Under 1 the market values the company at less than its balance sheet — common in banks, and in businesses the market distrusts.

Price to sales

2.82

Price against revenue

moderateWhat this means

Price against revenue — usable when a company has no profit yet.

A common range for a profitable, growing business.

EV / EBITDA

22.51

Whole-company value against cash earnings

highWhat this means

Whole-company value, debt included, against cash earnings.

Expensive even before interest, tax and depreciation are considered.

Enterprise value

$126.99B

Market value plus debt, minus cash — the price of the whole business

Shares outstanding

1,140,000,000

Shares the profit is split across

Dividend yield

2.65%

Annual dividend against price

meaningfulWhat this means

Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price.

A substantial part of the total return arrives as income.

TechnicalRSI oversold (<30) - potential buying opportunity; MACD bearish (negative histogram) 30.015%

RSI (14)

25.5

Above 70 overbought, below 30 oversold

oversoldWhat this means

A 0–100 momentum gauge over the last 14 sessions.

Below 30 conventionally reads as oversold, and traders watch for a bounce — a convention, not a law.

MACD

-2.93

Momentum against its own trend

MACD histogram

-0.55

Positive is bullish

RiskModerate beta (market-like risk) 50.012%

Volatility, annualised

31.80%

How far it swings in a year

normalWhat this means

How far the price typically swings over a year.

A typical range for an individual share.

Beta

0.96

Moves against the wider market

market-likeWhat this means

How much the price moves relative to the wider market.

Moves roughly in step with the index.

Maximum drawdown

-39.80%

Worst peak-to-trough fall

significantWhat this means

The worst peak-to-trough fall in the period measured.

A serious decline, though not unusual over a multi-year window.

Risk category

High

The engine's own banding

Analyst viewAnalyst consensus: Buy; Strong analyst coverage (31 analysts) 90.010%

Consensus

Buy

What covering analysts rate it

Analysts covering

31

Mean price target

$112.23

Highest target

$143.00

Lowest target

$81.00

Implied upside

18.31%

Target against today's price

meaningfulWhat this means

How far the mean analyst target sits above today's price.

Analysts see real room above today's price.

Price against the S&P 500

180 trading days to 2026-09-25

SBUX is nan% down over the window, against 11.9% up for the S&P 500 — behind by nan points.
SBUX +nan%S&P 500 +11.9%
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Sampled across the window. Both columns are rebased to 100 on 2026-01-08, so they can be compared directly.
DateCloseSBUX rebasedS&P 500 rebased
2026-01-08$86.61100.0100.0
2026-01-30$90.31104.3100.3
2026-02-23$93.69108.298.8
2026-03-16$96.69111.696.8
2026-04-07$94.11108.795.6
2026-04-28$96.16111.0103.1
2026-05-19$105.77122.1106.2
2026-06-10$98.20113.4105.0
2026-07-02$103.67119.7108.1
2026-07-24$102.66118.5107.1
2026-08-14$107.69124.3112.5
2026-09-04$104.47120.6111.5

How the score was built

Each category is scored 0–100, then multiplied by its weight. The seven contributions sum to the quality score.
CategoryScoreWeightContribution
Financial health55.023%12.7
Growth & momentum40.022%8.8
Valuation25.018%4.5
Technical30.015%4.5
Risk50.012%6.0
Analyst view90.010%9.0
ESG50.00%0.0
Quality score100%45.5

ESG is scored but carries no weight in this grade. Add ?esg=1 to the address to include it — the engine then redistributes weight across the other six, so the whole scorecard changes, not just one row.

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IQInvest defaultThe engine's own weighting: financial health 23% and performance 22% lead, valuation 18%, then technicals, risk and analysts.
Value investorPrice against worth dominates: valuation 40%, financial health 25%. Chart signals count for almost nothing.
Growth investorMomentum first: performance 40% and technicals 20%. Whether the price is fair today gets just 5%.
Sleep at nightStability over everything: risk 35% and financial health 30% together outweigh all other categories combined.
ChartistThe tape over the fundamentals: technicals 45% and performance 25%. Valuation is nearly ignored.
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Your grade

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45.5 / 100

Identical to the IQInvest grade.

All 48 metricsOne flat sortable table, for when you want everything at once.
Metric Category Value Source
Analysts coveringAnalyst view31Yahoo Finance
ConsensusAnalyst viewBuyYahoo Finance
Highest targetAnalyst view$143.00Yahoo Finance
Implied upsideAnalyst view18.31%Yahoo Finance
Lowest targetAnalyst view$81.00Yahoo Finance
Mean price targetAnalyst view$112.23Yahoo Finance
Current ratioFinancial health0.76Yahoo Finance
Earnings growthFinancial health85.70%Yahoo Finance
Free cash flowFinancial health$3.07BYahoo Finance
Gross marginFinancial health22.34%Yahoo Finance
Operating cash flowFinancial health$4.99BYahoo Finance
Operating marginFinancial health12.92%Yahoo Finance
Payout ratioFinancial health142.77%Yahoo Finance
Profit marginFinancial health5.17%Yahoo Finance
Quick ratioFinancial health0.50Yahoo Finance
Return on assetsFinancial health8.02%Yahoo Finance
RevenueFinancial health$28.77BYahoo Finance
Revenue growthFinancial health-1.40%Yahoo Finance
Average daily returnGrowth & momentum0.01%Yahoo Finance
Best dayGrowth & momentum24.50%Yahoo Finance
Sharpe ratioGrowth & momentum0.05Yahoo Finance
Win rateGrowth & momentum49.36%Yahoo Finance
Worst dayGrowth & momentum-15.88%Yahoo Finance
52-week highMarket data$110.51Yahoo Finance
52-week lowMarket data$77.99Yahoo Finance
Average volumeMarket data7,077,600Yahoo Finance
Day highMarket data$94.92Yahoo Finance
Day lowMarket data$93.53Yahoo Finance
EmployeesMarket data381,000Yahoo Finance
OpenMarket data$94.10Yahoo Finance
Previous closeMarket data$93.65Yahoo Finance
VolumeMarket data7,260,095Yahoo Finance
BetaRisk0.96Yahoo Finance
Maximum drawdownRisk-39.80%Yahoo Finance
Risk categoryRiskHighYahoo Finance
Volatility, annualisedRisk31.80%Yahoo Finance
MACDTechnical-2.93Yahoo Finance
MACD histogramTechnical-0.55Yahoo Finance
RSI (14)Technical25.5Yahoo Finance
Dividend yieldValuation2.65%Yahoo Finance
Enterprise valueValuation$126.99BYahoo Finance
EV / EBITDAValuation22.51Yahoo Finance
Forward P/EValuation30.38Yahoo Finance
P/E ratioValuation54.83Yahoo Finance
PEG ratioValuation1.11Yahoo Finance
Price to bookValuation-14.09Yahoo Finance
Price to salesValuation2.82Yahoo Finance
Shares outstandingValuation1,140,000,000Yahoo Finance
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