SBUX (Starbucks) 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio : 0.90% (As of Mar. 2025)

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What is Starbucks 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio?

Shares Outstanding (EOP) are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them.

5-Year Share Buyback Ratio measures the average annual proportion of a company's outstanding shares repurchased over the past five years. It is calculated as the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from five years ago to the current year. A positive ratio may indicate share buybacks over the period, while a zero or negative ratio may reflect no repurchases or potential share issuance. Starbucks's current 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 0.90%.

SBUX's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
90.16% of 254 companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: -1.5 vs SBUX: 0.90

Competitive Comparison of Starbucks's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Restaurants subindustry, Starbucks's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Starbucks's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Starbucks's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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Starbucks 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio Calculation

This is the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from five years ago to the current year. The annualized percentage change is calculated with least-square regression based on the latest six years of annual data on Shares Outstanding (EOP).

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Starbucks (NAS:SBUX) 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio Explanation

A negative number means the company might be issuing new shares. A positive number indicates that the company is buying back shares.

Be Aware

Investors usually like share buybacks. But as pointed by Warren Buffett, only if a company buys back shares at the prices below the stock's intrinsic value, it rewards remaining shareholders. If a company buys its overvalued stocks back, it destroys shareholder value.

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Starbucks Business Description

Industry

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Comparable Companies

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Address

2401 Utah Avenue South, Seattle, WA, USA, 98134

Website

https://www.starbucks.com

Starbucks is one of the most widely recognized restaurant brands in the world, operating more than 40,000 stores across more than 80 countries as of the end of fiscal 2024. The firm operates in three segments: North America, international markets, and channel development (grocery and ready-to-drink beverage). The coffee chain generates revenue from company-operated stores, royalties, sales of equipment and products to license partners, ready-to-drink beverages, packaged coffee sales, and single-serve products.

Executives

Sara Kelly	officer: evp, chief partner officer	2401 UTAH AVENUE SOUTH, SEATTLE WA 98134
Rachel Ruggeri	officer: evp, cfo	2401 UTAH AVENUE SOUTH, #800, SEATTLE WA 98134
Jorgen Vig Knudstorp	director	2401 UTAH AVENUE SOUTH, SEATTLE WA 98134
Michael Aaron Conway	officer: group president International	18 LOVETON CIRCLE, SPARKS MD 21152
Wei Zhang	director	RALPH LAUREN CORPORATION, 650 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Bradley E Lerman	officer: evp, general counsel	MEDTRONIC, INC., 710 MEDTRONIC PKWY MSLC300, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55432
Beth Ford	director	C/O CORPORATE SECRETARY SCHOLASTIC CORP, 557 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10012
Zabrina Jenkins	officer: Interim evp, general counsel	C/O RETAIL OPPORTUNITY INVESTMENT CORP., 11250 EL CAMINO REAL. SUITE 200, SAN DIEGO CA 92130
Clara Shih	director	2401 UTAH AVE S, # 800, SEATTLE WA 98134
Laxman Narasimhan	officer: ceo-elect	PEPSICO, INC., 700 ANDERSON HILL ROAD, PURCHASE NY 10577
Mellody L Hobson	director	C/O TELLABS, 1415 W DIEHL RD, NAPERVILLE IL 60563
Allison Richard E Jr	director	30 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT DR, ANN ARBOR MI 48105
Howard D Schultz	director, officer: chairman, president and ceo	2401 UTAH AVE SOUTH, SEATTLE WA 98134
Angela Lis	officer: evp, chief partner officer	2401 UTAH AVENUE SOUTH, EX6, SEATTLE WA 98134
Kevin R Johnson	director	2401 UTAH AVE. S, SUITE 800, SEATTLE WA 98134