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Starbucks (SBUX) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Starbucks (SBUX) has disclosed Free Cash Flow for 17 consecutive years, with $1.3 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Free Cash Flow fell 7.62% to $1.3 billion in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $2.3 billion, a 19.67% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at $2.4 billion, down 26.4% from a year prior.
  • Free Cash Flow was $1.3 billion for Q4 2025 at Starbucks, up from $925.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $5.8 billion in Q3 2023 to a low of -$4.4 billion in Q2 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $813.6 million and a median of $935.8 million in 2024 define the central range for Free Cash Flow.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Free Cash Flow was 588.51% in 2023; the steepest drop was 1414.05% in 2023.
  • Starbucks' Free Cash Flow stood at $1.0 billion in 2021, then tumbled by 46.57% to $553.8 million in 2022, then soared by 222.86% to $1.8 billion in 2023, then decreased by 22.87% to $1.4 billion in 2024, then fell by 7.62% to $1.3 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SBUX's Free Cash Flow are $1.3 billion (Q4 2025), $925.8 million (Q3 2025), and $434.3 million (Q2 2025).