Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) Stock Analysis
Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $97.40: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.0/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality.
Starbucks operates 40,990 stores in 89 markets (21,514 company-operated, 19,476 licensed), selling specialty coffee, tea, and food with North America generating 74% of fiscal 2025 net revenues. Revenue comes primarily from company-operated stores (83% of net revenues) and... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $97.40: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.0/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 5.0/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 49d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: moderate.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-09Recent Developments — Starbucks Corporation
Latest news
- NEWS 'Starbucks Said To Weigh Japan Unit Options Including Stake Sale' - Bloomberg — benzinga Jun 10, 2026 negative
- NEWS 2 Consumer Discretionary Stocks Whale Activity In Today's Session — benzinga Jun 4, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Why Regulating Capital And Serving Burgers Are Both Getting Tougher In China — benzinga Jun 3, 2026 negative
- NEWS CNBC Halftime Report Final Trades: Eversource Energy, Alcoa, Starbucks — benzinga Jun 2, 2026 neutral
- NEWS 'Starbucks to Take AI Usage Into Account in Tech Workers' Bonuses' - Bloomberg — benzinga May 28, 2026 positive
Generated 2026-06-15T18:11:47Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHGeographicNorth America74%10-K Item 1A: 'Our financial performance is heavily reliant on our North America operating segment, which accounted for approximately 74% of total net revenues in fiscal year 2025.'
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers
Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
No near-term catalyst priced in. Thesis progression will come from fundamentals grinding, not event reaction.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $97.40: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.0/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $92.03. Score 5.0/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $97.75 (+0.3% upside). Prior stop was $92.03. Stop-loss: $92.03.
Concentration risk — Geographic: North America (74.0%); Target reached (0.3% upside); Quality below floor (3.2 < 4.0).
Starbucks Corporation trades at a P/E of 72.4 (forward 31.5). TrendMatrix value score: 4.2/10. Verdict: Sell.
47 analysts cover SBUX with a consensus score of 3.5/5. Average price target: $106.
What does Starbucks Corporation do?Starbucks operates 40,990 stores in 89 markets (21,514 company-operated, 19,476 licensed), selling specialty coffee,...
Starbucks operates 40,990 stores in 89 markets (21,514 company-operated, 19,476 licensed), selling specialty coffee, tea, and food with North America generating 74% of fiscal 2025 net revenues. Revenue comes primarily from company-operated stores (83% of net revenues) and licensed store royalties and product sales (12%), with Channel Development contributing 5% via the Nestle Global Coffee Alliance.