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How Starbucks Corporation stacks up
SBUX · against 27 other Consumer Cyclical companies of similar size
Profitability
92/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #12 of 28 · scores higher than 56% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score17 peers with a profitability score of 90–100, including SBUX · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 92?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Cyclical companies.Mainly thanks to its return on invested capital and return on assets, which are stronger than most Consumer Cyclical peers.
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 7.8% vs peer median 6.4%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 81% of peers. Return on assets: 7.0% vs peer median 3.3%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 99% of peers. Return on invested capital: 109.2% vs peer median 7.3%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = SBUX, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | SBUX | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 26 reported | 109.2% | 27.4% | 96% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 28 reported | 7.8% | 17.7% | 22% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 28 reported | 7.0% | 9.4% | 33% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 21 reported | Not reported | 22.7% | — | — | Context only |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 28 reported | 22.3% | 51.6% | 19% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around SBUX| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 174.8B EUR (≈$192.3B) | 99 | 56 | |
| 1 | 72.8B USD | 99 | 50 | |
| 1 | 137.5B EUR (≈$151.2B) | 99 | 70 | |
| 4 | 74.3B USD | 98 | 66 | |
| 5 | 100.0B USD | 97 | 58 | |
| 8 | 186.1B USD | 96 | 49 | |
| 10 | 114.1B USD | 95 | 91 | |
| 11 | 151.4B USD | 93 | 61 | |
| 12 | 119.7B USD | 92 | 48 | |
| 12 | 119.4B USD | 92 | 39 | |
| 14 | 108.6B USD | 91 | 43 | |
| 15 | 678.2B CNY (≈$94.9B) | 90 | 69 | |
| 15 | 78.5B EUR (≈$86.4B) | 90 | 58 | |
| 15 | 83.8B USD | 90 | 52 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score