To buy shares in Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX), you need a trading or share dealing account. Follow these three steps if you want to buy shares in Starbucks from the UK:
- Decide if you want to buy Starbucks shares in the short-term or invest in the long-term
- Compare share dealing and trading fees in our comparison tables
- Choose which broker is right for you and open an account
Buying one NASDAQ:SBUX share costs $98.34. However, as well as the $98.34 cost of buying each share you will also have to pay any relevant tax, commission when you buy and sell shares, custody fees for holding your shares on your account and foreign exchange fees for converting GBP into USD. You also have to consider the difference between the bid price (the price at which you sell shares) and the offer price (the price at which you buy shares). These fees vary depending on what sort of account you open, and with what broker. You can compare the different costs associated with the different types of trading and investing accounts in our comparison tables below.
It’s also important to remember that share prices can move quickly, for example, the current NASDAQ:SBUX share price is $98.34 which is a change of 0.08 or 0.08% from the last closing price of 98.34 with 4,685,915 shares traded giving NASDAQ:SBUX a market capitalisation of $113,022,059,451. The most recent daily high has been 98.43 and daily low 97.19. The NASDAQ:SBUX share price 52 week high has been 110.83 and the 52 week low 68.39. Based on the most recent NASDAQ:SBUX share price opening of 98.34, the current NASDAQ:SBUX EPS (earnings per share) are 2.88 and the PE (price earnings ratio) is 34.13.
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The current Starbucks share price is $98.34
Starbucks’s share price has moved $0.08 or 0.08% today.
Yesterday, Starbucks’s share price closed at $98.34
There were 4,685,915 shares traded in Starbucks yesterday.
What is Starbucks’s market capitalisation (market cap)?
Starbucks has market cap of $113,022,059,451
Starbucks’s most recent daily high has been $98.43
Starbucks’s most recent daily low has been $97.19
The Starbucks share price 52 week high has been $110.83
The Starbucks share price 52 week high has been $68.39
Starbucks’s current earnings per share (EPS) is 2.88
What is Starbucks’s price-earnings ratio (PE)?
Starbucks’s current price earnings ratio (PE) is 34.13
Is Starbucks [NASDAQ:SBUX] a good investment in the long term?
In the great hall of US food-chain stocks, three icons stood immortal on the table: McDonald’s, Coca-cola and Starbucks.
The rise of Starbucks is well-documented. From a single store in Seattle, it grew and grew into a coffee colossus. Every week, more than 33,000 Starbucks stores served 100 million customers globally. To many, Starbucks symbolises the modern American culture, a convenient meeting place or a place that serves chic drinks.
All this frantic expansion happened under the charismatic and entrepreneurial Howard Schultz, who has returned as ‘interim CEO’ recently.
And yes, success on the ground has translated into great financial success for shareholders. At the end of October, Starbucks was valued at around US$100 billion – one of the top 150 stocks in the world, ahead of Boeing, Blackrock or Diageo.
A quick look at its long-term price chart confirms Starbucks’ long-term growth story. It delivered Tesla-like returns over the past three decades.
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Note: Prices in the chart is not the actual historical level as SBUX had 6 stock splits in its history (all 2-for-1). The most recent split occurred in 2015.
In summary, Starbucks has been a phenomenal success. The speciality coffee chain has developed into a well-honed operation and is well suited to take advantage of a further growth in coffee drinking habits among the expanding middle class. Moreover, Starbucks’ new store expansion is the highest among US fast-food chains.
The brand is exceptional and attracts devoted customers regularly. This should help maintain Starbucks’ competitive edge over the medium term.
Like most other stocks, the best time to buy Starbucks shares is usually when there is ‘blood on the streets’.
Looking back at Starbucks’ share price, it had a few such declines (2007-09, 2020, and now). In the first two instances, the Nasdaq-listed stock rebounded as soon as the economic storm faded. Hence, based on this experience it is possible that we are entering into a potential buy zone for the stock as SBUX cratered this year. The market has downgraded Starbucks’ share price since January – from $115 to $70 – tracing a fall of nearly 40 percent.
Another opportunity to buy Starbucks’ stock is when the company misjudged its expansion and had to start focussing on profitability. Again, this relies on a meaningful share price correction and a successful management overhaul to bring the company back on track. Recently the interim CEO Howard criticised the previous management and said SBUX had ‘lost its way’.
In both cases, investors would have to buy against the trend. Some may not feel comfortable with this tactic as prices may continue to sink.
The stock market is a forward-looking machine. Very often, it overlooks the current levels. One example was Maersk, the global shipping giant. On Wednesday this week, it revealed record profits and yet its share price dropped markedly. Why? Because the company anticipates a ‘looming slowdown’.
In the same way, Starbucks’ share price now is dominated by macro concerns and a drop in earnings visibility. Back in September, the company expected its revenue to grow 10% annually for the next three years. Has this changed? Will the recent management overhaul bear fruits soon? All these will be revealed in today’s third-quarter results (3 Nov 2020).
Investors will be using the latest earning results to judge its SBUX’s future profitability.
Starbucks, like most other food and beverage companies, has had to contend with the global inflation problem. Some other problems that Starbucks had to address include:
- Rise in operating costs (wages, input costs) – which compress profit margins
- Unionisation of its stores (esp US)
- Stop-gap operations in China – due to the zero-covid policy. (Note: SBUX has 6,000 stores in the country)
- A fall in consumption due to economic weakness
- Return of interim CEO (Howard) – leading to a management and store overhaul (costing $450 million)
As such, the market dialled down expectations of the company’s profitability.
According to the Financial Times, Starbucks has 37 analysts following it, and 20 of them say ‘Hold’. This is not exactly a vouch of confidence on the beverage company (see below). Only six analysts are saying ‘Buy’.
Meanwhile, the median price forecast of the SBUX’s share price is around $100 – 15-20% higher than the current share prices. Perhaps the analysts community are a tad too optimistic?
Source: Financial Times
