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Starbucks (SBUX) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2025)

Starbucks (SBUX) has disclosed Share-based Compensation for 17 consecutive years, with $126.1 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Share-based Compensation rose 25.35% to $126.1 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $343.8 million, a 9.46% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $318.3 million, up 3.24% from a year prior.
  • Share-based Compensation was $126.1 million for Q4 2025 at Starbucks, up from $74.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $126.1 million in Q4 2025 to a low of $53.4 million in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $77.3 million and a median of $74.1 million in 2023 define the central range for Share-based Compensation.
  • Peak YoY movement for Share-based Compensation: surged 93.24% in 2021, then dropped 29.74% in 2022.
  • Starbucks' Share-based Compensation stood at $63.8 million in 2021, then grew by 1.72% to $64.9 million in 2022, then surged by 46.07% to $94.8 million in 2023, then grew by 6.12% to $100.6 million in 2024, then rose by 25.35% to $126.1 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SBUX's Share-based Compensation are $126.1 million (Q4 2025), $74.0 million (Q3 2025), and $66.0 million (Q2 2025).