Why Starbucks Shares Will Keep Perking Up
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, specialty coffee retailer has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Starbucks and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Starbucks facts
Headquarters (founded) | Seattle, Wash. (1985) |
Market Cap | $47.2 billion |
Industry | Restaurants |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $14.0 billion |
Management | Founder/Chairman/CEO Howard Schultz CFO Troy Alstead |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 28.3% |
Cash/Debt | $1.7 billion / $549.6 million |
Dividend Yield | 1.3% |
Competitors |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 80% of the 8,353 members who have rated Starbucks believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just yesterday, one of those Fools, nbsudha, succinctly summed up the Starbucks bull case for our community:
Starbucks has proven itself over and over again, defying all its skeptics. I believe that it is able to sustain its phenomenal track record due to its fantastic management by CEO Howard Schultz. I think that Starbucks is a great business and has very strong value. Its economic moat is very wide in its field, and I believe that this business will stay strong in the long run. This is a stock that you simply have to own.
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