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

Starbucks (SBUX) has disclosed Return on Equity for 17 consecutive years, with 0.42% as the latest value for Q1 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Equity rose 7.0% to 0.42% in Q1 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2025 was 0.42%, a 7.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.24%, up 25.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Equity was 0.42% for Q1 2025 at Starbucks, up from 0.47% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 0.13% in Q1 2021 to a low of 0.64% in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 0.45% and a median of 0.48% in 2022 define the central range for Return on Equity.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Equity: soared 35bps in 2021, then plummeted -55bps in 2022.
  • Starbucks' Return on Equity stood at 0.13% in 2021, then tumbled by -195bps to 0.38% in 2022, then tumbled by -37bps to 0.52% in 2023, then rose by 9bps to 0.47% in 2024, then grew by 12bps to 0.42% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SBUX's Return on Equity are 0.42% (Q1 2025), 0.47% (Q4 2024), and 0.49% (Q3 2024).