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Starbucks (SBUX) FCF Margin (2016 - 2025)

Starbucks (SBUX) has disclosed FCF Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 12.85% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin fell 183.0% to 12.85% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 6.2% through Dec 2025, down 185.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 6.57% for FY2025, 260.0% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q4 2025 was 12.85% at Starbucks, up from 9.67% 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.
  • Average FCF Margin over 5 years is 9.15%, with a median of 10.35% recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw FCF Margin soared 5286bps in 2023, then crashed -5280bps in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, FCF Margin stood at 12.72% in 2021, then crashed by -48bps to 6.58% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 188bps to 18.97% in 2023, then decreased by -23bps to 14.67% in 2024, then decreased by -12bps to 12.85% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Margin over the past three periods came in at 12.85%, 9.67%, and 4.59% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.