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Starbucks (SBUX) Debt Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Starbucks (SBUX) has disclosed Debt Ratio for 17 consecutive years, with 0.5 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Debt Ratio rose 2.26% to 0.5 in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.5, a 2.26% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.5, up 1.06% from a year prior.
  • Debt Ratio was 0.5 for Q4 2025 at Starbucks, down from 0.5 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.55 in Q2 2022 to a low of 0.43 in Q4 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.49 and a median of 0.49 in 2024 define the central range for Debt Ratio.
  • Peak YoY movement for Debt Ratio: dropped 19.91% in 2021, then rose 11.4% in 2024.
  • Starbucks' Debt Ratio stood at 0.43 in 2021, then rose by 9.55% to 0.48 in 2022, then rose by 0.35% to 0.48 in 2023, then increased by 2.32% to 0.49 in 2024, then rose by 2.26% to 0.5 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SBUX's Debt Ratio are 0.5 (Q4 2025), 0.5 (Q3 2025), and 0.51 (Q2 2025).