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Starbucks (SBUX) Cost of Revenue (2016 - 2025)

Starbucks (SBUX) has disclosed Cost of Revenue for 17 consecutive years, with $3.3 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Cost of Revenue rose 13.13% to $3.3 billion in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $12.0 billion, a 690.94% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $11.7 billion, up 1961.21% from a year prior.
  • Cost of Revenue was $3.3 billion for Q4 2025 at Starbucks, down from $11.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Cost of Revenue ranged from a high of $11.2 billion in Q3 2025 to a low of -$5.9 billion in Q4 2021.
  • A 5-year average of $1.6 billion and a median of $151.0 million in 2023 define the central range for Cost of Revenue.
  • Peak YoY movement for Cost of Revenue: plummeted 5988.0% in 2021, then surged 7997.69% in 2025.
  • Starbucks' Cost of Revenue stood at -$5.9 billion in 2021, then skyrocketed by 146.04% to $2.7 billion in 2022, then plummeted by 94.45% to $150.4 million in 2023, then soared by 1824.0% to $2.9 billion in 2024, then rose by 13.13% to $3.3 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SBUX's Cost of Revenue are $3.3 billion (Q4 2025), $11.2 billion (Q3 2025), and $151.6 million (Q2 2025).