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Starbucks (SBUX) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2025)

Starbucks (SBUX) has disclosed Retained Earnings for 17 consecutive years, with -$8.7 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Retained Earnings fell 19.69% to -$8.7 billion in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was -$8.7 billion through Dec 2025, down 19.69% year-over-year, with the annual reading at -$459.3 million for FY2025, 7.11% down from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings for Q4 2025 was -$8.7 billion at Starbucks, down from -$459.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Retained Earnings was $260.3 million in Q2 2022, with the low at -$8.7 billion in Q4 2025.
  • Average Retained Earnings over 5 years is -$2.7 billion, with a median of -$582.9 million recorded in 2023.
  • Peak annual rise in Retained Earnings hit 273.75% in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 5840.35% in 2022.
  • Over 5 years, Retained Earnings stood at $147.2 million in 2021, then crashed by 5840.35% to -$8.4 billion in 2022, then soared by 93.4% to -$557.8 million in 2023, then crashed by 1200.9% to -$7.3 billion in 2024, then decreased by 19.69% to -$8.7 billion in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Retained Earnings over the past three periods came in at -$8.7 billion, -$459.3 million, and -$535.2 million for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.