Starbucks (SBUX) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Starbucks (SBUX) reported Debt Ratio of 0.49 for Q1 2026, little changed year-over-year from 0.49 in Q1 2025, and down 1.08% quarter-over-quarter 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.

  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.49, changed 0.26% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.49 (changed 0.26% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.5, up 1.06% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio declined to 0.49 in Q1 2026 per SBUX's latest filing, from 0.5 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Debt Ratio peaked at 0.55 in Q2 2022 and troughed at 0.46 in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.5 and a median of 0.5 in 2024 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Debt Ratio slipped 13.86% in 2023, then rose 11.4% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.48 in 2022, then increased by 0.35% to 0.48 in 2023, then gained by 2.32% to 0.49 in 2024, then advanced by 2.26% to 0.5 in 2025, then decreased by 1.08% to 0.49 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows SBUX's Debt Ratio at 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 114.58 Bn 112.88 Bn 9.40 Bn 0.49
2 Chipotle Mexican Grill 42.15 Bn 41.28 Bn 2.61 Bn -
3 Yum Brands 42.13 Bn 41.44 Bn 1.38 Bn 1.46
4 Restaurant Brands International 25.46 Bn 25.99 Bn 2.14 Bn 0.53
5 Darden Restaurants 24.75 Bn 24.51 Bn 3.31 Bn 0.02
6 Yum China Holdings 15.17 Bn 13.74 Bn 3.24 Bn 0.00
7 Texas Roadhouse 11.72 Bn 11.53 Bn 1.40 Bn 0.01
8 Dominos Pizza 10.51 Bn 10.28 Bn 464.51 Mn 2.65
9 Cava 10.34 Bn 9.94 Bn 797.57 Mn -
10 Dutch Bros 8.99 Bn 8.95 Bn 107.48 Mn 0.06

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 0.51
Mar 30, 2025 0.49
Dec 29, 2024 0.49
Sep 29, 2024 0.50
Jun 30, 2024 0.52
Mar 31, 2024 0.53
Dec 31, 2023 0.48
Oct 1, 2023 0.46
Jul 2, 2023 0.54
Apr 2, 2023 0.48
Jan 1, 2023 0.47
Oct 2, 2022 0.48
Jul 3, 2022 0.53
Apr 3, 2022 0.55
Jan 2, 2022 0.48
Oct 3, 2021 0.47
Jun 27, 2021 0.50