Wall Street Analyst Upgrade Starbucks Corp. [SBUX]. What else is Wall St. saying

Starbucks Corp. [NASDAQ: SBUX] gained 0.30% or 0.28 points to close at $95.04 with a heavy trading volume of 6156548 shares.

The daily chart for SBUX points out that the company has recorded 11.26% gains over the past six months.

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If we look at the average trading volume of 13.81M shares, SBUX reached to a volume of 6156548 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about Starbucks Corp. [SBUX]:

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for SBUX shares is $100.92 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on SBUX stock is a recommendation set at 2.06. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

Bernstein have made an estimate for Starbucks Corp. shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Outperform, with their previous recommendation back on September 26, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Jefferies dropped their target price from $80 to $76. The new note on the price target was released on September 24, 2024, representing the official price target for Starbucks Corp. stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise from $112 to $118, while BofA Securities kept a Buy rating on SBUX stock.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Starbucks Corp. is set at 1.81, with the Price to Sales ratio for SBUX stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 2.96. Price to Free Cash Flow for SBUX in the course of the last twelve months was 28.15 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.65.

Trading performance analysis for SBUX stock

Starbucks Corp. [SBUX] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -1.22. With this latest performance, SBUX shares dropped by -1.32% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 11.26% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 3.89% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for SBUX stock in for the last two-week period is set at 50.25, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 46.12, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 53.29 for Starbucks Corp. [SBUX]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 93.29, while it was recorded at 95.02 for the last single week of trading, and 87.22 for the last 200 days.

Starbucks Corp. [SBUX]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis

Starbucks Corp.’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.65 and a Current Ratio set at 0.89.

Starbucks Corp. [SBUX]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis

With the latest financial reports released by the company, Starbucks Corp. posted 1.06/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at 0.97/share. When compared, the two values demonstrate that the company surpassed the estimates by a Surprise Factor of 0.09. The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for SBUX. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Starbucks Corp. go to 9.34%.

An analysis of Institutional ownership at Starbucks Corp. [SBUX]

There are presently around $77.84%, or 79.46%% of SBUX stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of SBUX stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 109.42 million shares, which is approximately 9.6628%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 78.79 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$6.13 billion in SBUX stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$3.55 billion in SBUX stock with ownership which is approximately 4.0213%.

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