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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.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales fell 5.0% to 0.03% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.04% through Dec 2025, down 6.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.05% for FY2025, 5.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 0.03% at Starbucks, up from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Sales was 0.22% in Q4 2021, with the low at 0.01% in Q3 2025.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.1%, with a median of 0.1% recorded in 2024.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Sales surged 31bps in 2021, then fell -11bps in 2022.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Sales stood at 0.22% in 2021, then crashed by -52bps to 0.1% in 2022, then grew by 4bps to 0.11% in 2023, then decreased by -24bps to 0.08% in 2024, then plummeted by -64bps to 0.03% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales over the past three periods came in at 0.03%, 0.01%, and 0.06% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.