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Starbucks SBUX Interest coverage

Interest coverage at other companies

McDonald's logo
McDonald'sMCD
7.9×+0.2×
Keurig Dr Pepper logo
Keurig Dr PepperKDP
6.4×+2.7×
PepsiCo logo
PepsiCoPEP
10.5×-2.5×
Costco Wholesale logo
Costco WholesaleCOST
76.9×+12.7×
General Mills logo
General MillsGIS
6.6×-0.4×
Coca-Cola logo
Coca-ColaKO
8.8×+1.9×

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/S-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.

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 interest coverage?
Starbucks (SBUX) reported interest coverage of 5.2× in Q1 2026.
How has Starbucks's interest coverage changed year-over-year?
Starbucks's interest coverage decreased by 38.7% year-over-year, from 8.5× to 5.2×.
What is the long-term trend for Starbucks's interest coverage?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Starbucks's interest coverage has grown at a 5.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 25× to 30.5×.
What does interest coverage mean?
How many times the company's operating profit covers its interest bill.
How do you interpret interest coverage?
Higher is safer; below ~2× is a warning that earnings provide little cushion against the debt burden. Debt-free companies have no interest expense and the ratio is left blank.
How does interest coverage compare across companies?
Comparable across leveraged non-financials; less relevant for net-cash companies with negligible interest.