Starbucks SBUX
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Starbucks (SBUX) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Updated

Starbucks' EBIT Margin was 10.52% in fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 28, 2026), up 0.62 percentage points from 9.89% a year earlier and up 1.83 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Starbucks (SBUX) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

On a trailing twelve-month basis, Starbucks' EBIT Margin was 7.77% through Jun 28, 2026, down 3.04 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 28, 2025), it was 7.90%, down 7.05 percentage points from FY2024.

  • EBIT Margin shows a five-year change of +1.26 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
  • In earlier fiscal years, EBIT Margin was 14.95% in FY2024 (-1.37 pp), 16.32% in FY2023 (+2.00 pp), 14.32% in FY2022 (-2.45 pp) and 16.77% in FY2021 (+10.12 pp).
  • The fiscal Q3 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly EBIT Margin since fiscal Q1 2025.
  • Compared with a year earlier, EBIT Margin was higher in two of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -4.04 percentage points.
  • The best year-over-year quarter for EBIT Margin over five years was fiscal Q4 2021 (a gain of 9.19 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q4 2025 (a drop of 11.50 percentage points).
  • Per Business Quant data, SBUX's EBIT Margin in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 was 8.69% (Q2 2026), 8.98% (Q1 2026) and 2.91% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBIT Margin (Qtr)
1 Mcdonalds 198.28 Bn 193.10 Bn 6.42 Bn 47.02%
2 Starbucks 125.06 Bn 112.69 Bn - 10.52%
3 Yum Brands 45.39 Bn 42.27 Bn 1.47 Bn 30.20%
4 Chipotle Mexican Grill 44.51 Bn 41.01 Bn - 13.72%
5 Restaurant Brands International 27.33 Bn 24.70 Bn 1.40 Bn 27.56%
6 Darden Restaurants 26.09 Bn 25.18 Bn 1.68 Bn 9.98%
7 Restaurant Brands International Limited Partnership 24.67 Bn 20.46 Bn 1.40 Bn 27.56%
8 Yum China Holdings 17.13 Bn 11.49 Bn 537.00 Mn 11.09%
9 Texas Roadhouse 12.88 Bn 12.25 Bn - 8.50%
10 Dominos Pizza 11.21 Bn 10.45 Bn 476.38 Mn 20.39%
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 28, 2026 10.52%
Mar 29, 2026 8.69%
Dec 28, 2025 8.98%
Sep 28, 2025 2.91%
Jun 29, 2025 9.89%
Mar 30, 2025 6.86%
Dec 29, 2024 11.94%
Sep 29, 2024 14.40%
Jun 30, 2024 16.65%
Mar 31, 2024 12.83%
Dec 31, 2023 15.76%
Oct 1, 2023 18.20%
Jul 2, 2023 17.28%
Apr 2, 2023 15.22%
Jan 1, 2023 14.38%
Oct 2, 2022 14.21%
Jul 3, 2022 15.90%
Apr 3, 2022 12.43%
Jan 2, 2022 14.63%
Oct 3, 2021 18.19%
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