Investors may find better financial performance in Starbucks Corp (SBUX)

Starbucks Corp [SBUX] stock prices are up 8.14% to $108.58 at the moment. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The SBUX shares have gain 11.10% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 18.20%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Starbucks Corp [NASDAQ: SBUX] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 27, 2025, when Stifel reiterated its Buy rating and also boosted its price target to $114 from $110. On November 13, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Sell and revised its price target to $77 on the stock. Morgan Stanley reiterated its Overweight rating and increased its price target to $115 on October 17, 2024. BTIG Research reiterated its recommendation of a Buy and raised its price target to $115 on October 17, 2024. Bernstein upgraded its rating to Outperform for this stock on September 26, 2024, and upped its price target to $115. In a note dated September 24, 2024, Jefferies downgraded an Underperform rating on this stock and revised its target price from $80 to $76.

The stock price of Starbucks Corp [SBUX] has been fluctuating between $71.55 and $103.32 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $103.59 within the next 12 months. Starbucks Corp [NASDAQ: SBUX] shares were valued at $108.58 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -4.6% based on the average SBUX price forecast.

Analyzing the SBUX fundamentals

The Starbucks Corp [NASDAQ:SBUX] reported sales of 36.12B for trailing twelve months, representing a drop of -0.29%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.38% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.14%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.13%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.1%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.11, Equity is -0.45 and Total Capital is 0.23. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of-3.46.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 104.15 points at the first support level, and at 99.71 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 111.55, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 114.51.

Ratios To Look Out For

It’s worth pointing out that Starbucks Corp [NASDAQ:SBUX]’s Current Ratio is 0.75. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.57, while the Cash Ratio is 0.38. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.41 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 35.09.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved KELLY SARA, evp, chief partner officer, that happened on Nov 29 ’24 when 19102.0 shares were sold. Officer, KELLY SARA completed a deal on Nov 29 ’24 to buy 19102.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer Conway Michael Aaron bought 24884.0 shares on Nov 25 ’24.

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