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Starbucks (SBUX) Return on Assets (2016 - 2025)

Starbucks (SBUX) has disclosed Return on Assets for 17 consecutive years, with 0.04% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Assets fell 7.0% to 0.04% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.04%, a 7.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.06%, down 7.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Assets was 0.04% for Q4 2025 at Starbucks, down from 0.06% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Assets ranged from a high of 0.15% in Q2 2022 to a low of 0.04% in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.12% and a median of 0.13% in 2023 define the central range for Return on Assets.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Assets: increased 11bps in 2021, then fell -7bps in 2025.
  • Starbucks' Return on Assets stood at 0.14% in 2021, then decreased by -15bps to 0.12% in 2022, then rose by 25bps to 0.15% in 2023, then dropped by -24bps to 0.11% in 2024, then tumbled by -62bps to 0.04% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SBUX's Return on Assets are 0.04% (Q4 2025), 0.06% (Q3 2025), and 0.08% (Q2 2025).