What is Starbucks's interest expense?

Starbucks (SBUX) reported interest expense of $137M in Q1 2026.

How has Starbucks's interest expense changed year-over-year?

Starbucks's interest expense increased by 7.6% year-over-year, from $127.3M to $137M.

What is the long-term trend for Starbucks's interest expense?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Starbucks's interest expense has grown at a 3.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $469.7M to $542.6M.

What does interest expense mean?

Cost of borrowing — interest paid or accrued on bonds, bank loans, credit facilities, finance leases, and other debt obligations.

Starbucks SBUX Interest Expense

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$400M+6.4%

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$10.1M-23.5%

Restaurant Brands InternationalQSR

-$123M+5.4%

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-$7.22M-1.5%

Curbline PropertiesCURB

$7.89M+1,291%

Black Rock Coffee Bar, Inc. Class A Common StockBRCB

-$422K+86.1%

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$116.47B+11.6%

Enterprise value$139.33B+8.8%

P/E77.9×+38.2×

P/S3×+0.2×

Profitability

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Gross margin72.3%—

Operating margin7.6%-4.9pp

Net margin3.9%-4.7pp

FCF margin7.1%—

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity136.5%—

Debt / equity7.8×—

Current ratio0.9×+0.3×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Starbucks in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:InterestExpense.

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 expense?: Starbucks (SBUX) reported interest expense of $137M in Q1 2026.
How has Starbucks's interest expense changed year-over-year?: Starbucks's interest expense increased by 7.6% year-over-year, from $127.3M to $137M.
What is the long-term trend for Starbucks's interest expense?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Starbucks's interest expense has grown at a 3.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $469.7M to $542.6M.
What does interest expense mean?: Cost of borrowing — interest paid or accrued on bonds, bank loans, credit facilities, finance leases, and other debt obligations.