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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.

  • On a quarterly basis, Retained Earnings fell 1388.25% to -$8.7 billion in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was -$8.7 billion, a 1388.25% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at -$8.3 billion, down 1829.22% from a year prior.
  • Retained Earnings was -$8.7 billion for Q4 2025 at Starbucks, down from -$8.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Retained Earnings ranged from a high of $260.3 million in Q2 2022 to a low of -$8.8 billion in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of -$4.6 billion and a median of -$7.5 billion in 2021 define the central range for Retained Earnings.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Retained Earnings was 306.1% in 2022; the steepest drop was 5899.31% in 2022.
  • Starbucks' Retained Earnings stood at $147.2 million in 2021, then tumbled by 5840.35% to -$8.4 billion in 2022, then grew by 4.17% to -$8.1 billion in 2023, then surged by 92.79% to -$583.6 million in 2024, then crashed by 1388.25% to -$8.7 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SBUX's Retained Earnings are -$8.7 billion (Q4 2025), -$8.3 billion (Q3 2025), and -$7.7 billion (Q2 2025).