Starbucks (SBUX) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Starbucks' (SBUX) quarterly Debt Ratio came in at 0.49 in Q1 2026, down 12.38% year-on-year from 0.56 in Q1 2025, and down 1.08% on a QoQ basis from 0.5 in Q4 2025.

Starbucks (SBUX) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Starbucks (SBUX) has 18 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.49 in Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Debt Ratio fell 12.38% year-over-year to 0.49 in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.49, a 12.38% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.5, up 1.06% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.49, down from 0.5 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Debt Ratio for SBUX reached as high as 0.6 in Q2 2025 and fell as low as 0.47 in Q3 2023.
  • Historically, Debt Ratio has averaged 0.53 across 5 years, with a median of 0.53 in 2023.
  • Across the five-year window, Debt Ratio rose 15.49% in 2022 and fell 14.88% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Debt Ratio stood at 0.54 in 2022, then dropped by 6.53% to 0.5 in 2023, then gained by 4.87% to 0.53 in 2024, then slipped by 5.34% to 0.5 in 2025, then declined by 1.08% to 0.49 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Debt Ratio figures were 0.49 in Q1 2026, 0.5 in Q4 2025, and 0.5 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Starbucks 117.61 Bn 115.91 Bn 6.32 Bn 0.49
2 Chipotle Mexican Grill 41.20 Bn 40.33 Bn 2.61 Bn -
3 Yum Brands 40.68 Bn 39.99 Bn 1.38 Bn 1.46
4 Restaurant Brands International 25.13 Bn 25.66 Bn 2.14 Bn 0.53
5 Darden Restaurants 22.23 Bn 21.99 Bn 3.68 Bn 0.18
6 Yum China Holdings 15.22 Bn 14.47 Bn 2.31 Bn 0.00
7 Texas Roadhouse 12.56 Bn 12.37 Bn 1.40 Bn 0.01
8 Dominos Pizza 10.74 Bn 10.60 Bn 478.23 Mn 2.77
9 Dutch Bros 8.14 Bn 8.10 Bn 107.48 Mn 0.07
10 Brinker International 7.99 Bn 7.93 Bn 1.10 Bn 0.15

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 0.49
Dec 28, 2025 0.50
Sep 28, 2025 0.50
Jun 29, 2025 0.60
Mar 30, 2025 0.56
Dec 29, 2024 0.53
Sep 29, 2024 0.50
Jun 30, 2024 0.52
Mar 31, 2024 0.53
Dec 31, 2023 0.50
Oct 1, 2023 0.58
Jul 2, 2023 0.47
Apr 2, 2023 0.48
Jan 1, 2023 0.53
Oct 2, 2022 0.54
Jul 3, 2022 0.54
Apr 3, 2022 0.55
Jan 2, 2022 0.54
Oct 3, 2021 0.47
Jun 27, 2021 0.50