What is Starbucks's deferred tax assets?

Starbucks (SBUX) reported deferred tax assets of $748M in Q2 2026.

How has Starbucks's deferred tax assets changed year-over-year?

Starbucks's deferred tax assets increased by 4.2% year-over-year, from $717.9M to $748M.

What is the long-term trend for Starbucks's deferred tax assets?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Starbucks's deferred tax assets has grown at a -5.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $737.8M to $577.8M.

What does deferred tax assets mean?

Future tax benefits from temporary differences, net operating loss carryforwards, and tax credit carryforwards that will reduce future tax payments.

Starbucks SBUX Deferred Tax Assets

Deferred Tax Assets at other companies

McDonald'sMCD

$63M-96.3%

EAT

Brinker InternationalEAT

$76.9M-24.1%

Restaurant Brands InternationalQSR

$1.08B-9.2%

Dutch BrosBROS

$943.4M+1.4%

Black Rock Coffee Bar, Inc.BRCB

$55.8M—

PepsiCoPEP

$4.06B+30.7%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$9.3B-1.4%

Operating income$980.4M+4.8%

Net income$1.0B+87.2%

EPS (diluted)$0.91+85.7%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$3.4B-17.3%

Total debt$22.4B-19.6%

Total equity-$7.7B+0.2%

Total assets$28.3B-15.9%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$1.6B+63.9%

CapEx$291.4M-48.6%

Free cash flow$1.4B+211%

Valuation

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Market cap$118.13B+11.2%

Enterprise value$137.11B+5.5%

P/E59.6×+19.2×

P/S3.1×+0.2×

Profitability

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Gross margin72.3%—

Operating margin7.8%-3.0pp

Net margin5.2%-2.0pp

FCF margin9.5%—

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity136.5%—

Debt / equity7.8×—

Current ratio0.8×0.0×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Starbucks in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:DeferredTaxAndOtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent.

The official record: Starbucks’s 10-Q, filed July 29, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Starbucks's deferred tax assets?: Starbucks (SBUX) reported deferred tax assets of $748M in Q2 2026.
How has Starbucks's deferred tax assets changed year-over-year?: Starbucks's deferred tax assets increased by 4.2% year-over-year, from $717.9M to $748M.
What is the long-term trend for Starbucks's deferred tax assets?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Starbucks's deferred tax assets has grown at a -5.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $737.8M to $577.8M.
What does deferred tax assets mean?: Future tax benefits from temporary differences, net operating loss carryforwards, and tax credit carryforwards that will reduce future tax payments.