Starbucks Earnings Preview: What to Expect

Seattle, Washington-based Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) roasts, sells and distributes high-quality coffee globally. Valued at $90.7 billion by market cap, the company offers packaged and single-serve coffees and teas, beverage-related ingredients, and ready-to-drink beverages, as well as produces and sells bottled coffee drinks and a line of ice creams through over 40,000 stores worldwide under the brands Starbucks Coffee, Teavana, Seattle's Best Coffee, Ethos, and Starbucks Reserve. The coffee giant is expected to announce its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings for 2025 in the near future. 

Ahead of the event, analysts expect SBUX to report a profit of $0.57 per share on a diluted basis, down 28.8% from $0.80 per share in the year-ago quarter. The company beat or matched the consensus estimates in two of the last four quarters while missing the forecast on two other occasions.