What is Starbucks's free cash flow yield?

Starbucks (SBUX) reported free cash flow yield of 2.7% in Q1 2026.

What does free cash flow yield mean?

The spendable cash the business throws off each year as a percentage of its market price.

How do you interpret free cash flow yield?

Higher yield can mean better value — you pay less for each dollar of cash generated. A useful sanity check against earnings-based multiples, which non-cash items can distort.

How does free cash flow yield compare across companies?

Comparable across cash-generative companies; less meaningful for firms in heavy-investment phases with temporarily negative FCF.

Starbucks SBUX Free cash flow yield

Free cash flow yield at other companies

McDonald'sMCD

3.2%+0.2pp

Chipotle Mexican GrillCMG

3.6%+1.4pp

Keurig Dr PepperKDP

4.4%+0.5pp

Restaurant Brands InternationalQSR

6.1%+0.4pp

Casey's General StoresCASY

3%-0.4pp

PepsiCoPEP

4.2%+0.6pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$9.5B+8.8%

Operating income$828.1M+37.8%

Net income$510.9M+33.0%

EPS (diluted)$0.45+32.4%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.5B-42.7%

Total debt$24.4B-6.2%

Total equity-$8.5B-11.1%

Total assets$30.6B-3.4%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$364.5M+24.8%

CapEx$272.7M-53.7%

Free cash flow$91.8M—

Valuation

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Market cap$114.71B-8.4%

Enterprise value$137.57B-7.3%

P/E76.7×+36.7×

P/S3×-0.5×

Profitability

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Gross margin72.3%—

Operating margin7.6%-4.9pp

Net margin3.9%-4.7pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity136.5%—

Debt / equity7.8×—

Current ratio0.9×+0.3×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Starbucks’s reported figures.

free cash flow/market cap=2.7%

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Starbucks’s 10-Q, filed April 28, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Starbucks's free cash flow yield?: Starbucks (SBUX) reported free cash flow yield of 2.7% in Q1 2026.
What does free cash flow yield mean?: The spendable cash the business throws off each year as a percentage of its market price.
How do you interpret free cash flow yield?: Higher yield can mean better value — you pay less for each dollar of cash generated. A useful sanity check against earnings-based multiples, which non-cash items can distort.
How does free cash flow yield compare across companies?: Comparable across cash-generative companies; less meaningful for firms in heavy-investment phases with temporarily negative FCF.