Starbucks (SBUX) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Starbucks' (SBUX) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.52 in Q2 2026, down 67.22% year-over-year from 1.6 in Q2 2025, and down 93.2% quarter-over-quarter from 7.69 in Q1 2026.

Analysis

Starbucks (SBUX) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Starbucks (SBUX) has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 17 consecutive years, with 0.52 the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 67.22% year-over-year to 0.52 in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 0.77, a 36.14% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 1.13, up 45.67% from the prior year.
FCF Payout Ratio was 0.52 for Q2 2026 at Starbucks, down from 7.69 in the prior quarter.
Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 7.69 in Q1 2026 and troughed at 4.22 in Q1 2024.
A 5-year average of 0.43 and a median of 0.52 in 2026 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
The widest YoY moves for FCF Payout Ratio: up 550.85% in 2024, down 2972.34% in 2024.
Over 5 years, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 1.02 in 2022, then slumped by 64.29% to 0.36 in 2023, then jumped by 38.41% to 0.5 in 2024, then gained by 10.31% to 0.55 in 2025, then retreated by 5.46% to 0.52 in 2026.
The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.52 (Q2 2026), 7.69 (Q1 2026), and 0.55 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Set

Peer Comparison

All peers

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	FCF Cover (Qtr)
1	Mcdonalds	168.67 Bn	167.85 Bn	6.42 Bn	0.67
2	Starbucks	107.32 Bn	103.72 Bn	6.49 Bn	0.52
3	Chipotle Mexican Grill	41.40 Bn	40.73 Bn	2.35 Bn	-
4	Yum Brands	38.39 Bn	37.72 Bn	1.47 Bn	0.51
5	Restaurant Brands International	25.02 Bn	25.51 Bn	1.89 Bn	0.62
6	Darden Restaurants	24.39 Bn	24.17 Bn	3.68 Bn	0.46
7	Restaurant Brands International Limited Partnership	17.01 Bn	15.95 Bn	1.89 Bn	0.62
8	Yum China Holdings	14.09 Bn	13.41 Bn	2.22 Bn	0.34
9	Texas Roadhouse	10.81 Bn	10.63 Bn	1.44 Bn	0.60
10	Dominos Pizza	9.81 Bn	9.60 Bn	478.23 Mn	0.40

Historic Data

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Date	Value
Jun 28, 2026	0.52
Mar 29, 2026	7.69
Dec 28, 2025	0.55
Sep 28, 2025	0.75
Jun 29, 2025	1.60
Mar 30, 2025	-2.33
Dec 29, 2024	0.50
Sep 29, 2024	0.88
Jun 30, 2024	0.68
Mar 31, 2024	-4.22
Dec 31, 2023	0.36
Oct 1, 2023	0.49
Jul 2, 2023	0.10
Apr 2, 2023	-0.14
Jan 1, 2023	0.57
Oct 2, 2022	1.02
Jul 3, 2022	0.67
Apr 3, 2022	-1.92
Jan 2, 2022	0.40
Oct 3, 2021	0.51

API Access

Starbucks FCF Payout Ratio API

Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.

https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=fcf-payout-ratio&ticker=SBUX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

import requests

url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "fcf-payout-ratio", "ticker": "SBUX", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}

data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()

const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=fcf-payout-ratio&ticker=SBUX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();

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Starbucks (SBUX) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026)