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Starbucks (SBUX) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2026)

Starbucks filings provide 18 years of Free Cash Flow readings, the most recent being $91.8 million for Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Free Cash Flow rose 130.89% year-over-year to $91.8 million, compared with a TTM value of $2.7 billion through Mar 2026, down 1.42%, and an annual FY2025 reading of $2.4 billion, down 26.4% over the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow hit $91.8 million in Q1 2026 for Starbucks, down from $1.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Free Cash Flow was $5.8 billion in Q3 2023, with the low at -$4.4 billion in Q2 2023.
  • Median Free Cash Flow over the past 5 years was $883.6 million (2022), compared with a mean of $742.1 million.
  • The largest YoY upside for Free Cash Flow was 588.51% in 2023 against a maximum downside of 1414.05% in 2023.
  • Year by year, Free Cash Flow stood at $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, then crashed by 92.79% to $91.8 million in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Free Cash Flow over the past three periods came in at $91.8 million, $1.3 billion, and $925.8 million for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.