- Prev close
- $106.16
- Day range
- $102.69 – $106.62
- Next earnings
- in 80 days
Starbucks fell 3.2% in a session where the S&P 500 rose 1.7% and the Nasdaq 100 rose 1.0%, while peers were mixed; the move looks more stock-specific than market-wide, and the setup remains pressured by -25.0% EPS growth and a 62.9 P/E.
SBUX
STARBUCKS CORP
As of Nov 5, 2026
38/100
Deserves your attentionHealth ScoreWhy it moved
Starbucks moved -3.2% even as the S&P 500 rose 3.2% and the Nasdaq 100 rose 3.2%, so the broad tape does not explain it. The peer set was mixed — MCD -0.8%, DASH -9.4%, CMG +0.6%, YUM -0.1% — which points away from a clean sector move and toward stock-specific weakness. The intraday path also mattered: it opened at $110.12, traded as high as $111.5, then sold off to a $106.03 low and closed at $106.16, a fade that shows persistent selling into the close.
Volatility check
This looks more than ordinary noise because the move sits on top of weak earnings momentum and a stretched valuation. Revenue is only +4.5% YoY (TTM), the latest quarter is -1.4% YoY, and EPS is -25.0% YoY (TTM), so fundamentals are not accelerating. Valuation is demanding at 62.9 P/E and 32.2 forward P/E, while PEG is 3.29 but not meaningful here because EPS growth is negative; that means growth is already priced in, which tends to magnify reactions in either direction. Beta is 1.02, so the stock is not inherently wild, and that makes a 3.2% drop more informative than random.
Earnings preview
The next earnings date is 2027-01-26. The fact set does not provide consensus revenue or EPS estimates for that print, so I cannot quote an expected growth rate or margin bridge from the available data. What the market is likely to focus on is whether the latest quarter's -1.4% YoY revenue trend improves, whether EPS can move off the -25.0% YoY TTM decline, and whether the 9.2% operating margin holds up under the current valuation of 62.9 P/E. The recent news flow in the facts is mostly product and media coverage, including the seasonal menu rollout, so the key test will be execution, traffic, and margin protection rather than a clear event catalyst already in hand.
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