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Starbucks (SBUX) FCF Margin (2016 - 2026)

Starbucks filings provide 18 years of FCF Margin readings, the most recent being 0.96% for Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Margin rose 436.0% year-over-year to 0.96%, compared with a TTM value of 7.09% through Mar 2026, down 52.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 6.57%, down 260.0% over the prior year.
  • FCF Margin hit 0.96% in Q1 2026 for Starbucks, down from 12.85% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for FCF Margin was 63.18% in Q3 2023, with the low at 50.91% in Q2 2023.
  • Median FCF Margin over the past 5 years was 10.0% (2022), compared with a mean of 8.0%.
  • The sharpest move saw FCF Margin skyrocketed 5286bps in 2023, then plummeted -5280bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, FCF Margin stood at 6.58% in 2022, then soared by 188bps to 18.97% in 2023, then dropped by -23bps to 14.67% in 2024, then dropped by -12bps to 12.85% in 2025, then plummeted by -93bps to 0.96% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Margin over the past three periods came in at 0.96%, 12.85%, and 9.67% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.