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

Starbucks (SBUX) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.03% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Sales fell 5.0% to 0.03% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.04%, a 6.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.05%, down 5.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Sales was 0.03% for Q4 2025 at Starbucks, up from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.22% in Q4 2021 to a low of 0.01% in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.1% and a median of 0.1% in 2022 define the central range for Return on Sales.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: skyrocketed 31bps in 2021, then decreased -11bps in 2022.
  • Starbucks' Return on Sales stood at 0.22% in 2021, then tumbled by -52bps to 0.1% in 2022, then rose by 4bps to 0.11% in 2023, then dropped by -24bps to 0.08% in 2024, then crashed by -64bps to 0.03% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SBUX's Return on Sales are 0.03% (Q4 2025), 0.01% (Q3 2025), and 0.06% (Q2 2025).