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Starbucks (SBUX) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Historic Operating Margin for Starbucks (SBUX) over the last 17 years, with Q4 2025 value amounting to 8.98%.

  • Starbucks' Operating Margin fell 29500.0% to 8.98% in Q4 2025 from the same period last year, while for Dec 2025 it was 7.18%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 67800.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 7.9% for FY2025, which is 70500.0% down from last year.
  • Latest data reveals that Starbucks reported Operating Margin of 8.98% as of Q4 2025, which was down 29500.0% from 2.91% recorded in Q3 2025.
  • Starbucks' Operating Margin's 5-year high stood at 19.86% during Q2 2021, with a 5-year trough of 2.91% in Q3 2025.
  • Moreover, its 5-year median value for Operating Margin was 14.52% (2022), whereas its average is 13.77%.
  • In the last 5 years, Starbucks' Operating Margin surged by 365300bps in 2021 and then crashed by -115000bps in 2025.
  • Over the past 5 years, Starbucks' Operating Margin (Quarter) stood at 18.19% in 2021, then dropped by -22bps to 14.21% in 2022, then increased by 11bps to 15.76% in 2023, then fell by -24bps to 11.94% in 2024, then fell by -25bps to 8.98% in 2025.
  • Its last three reported values are 8.98% in Q4 2025, 2.91% for Q3 2025, and 9.89% during Q2 2025.