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Starbucks forward PE SBUX

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 1996.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
33.8×
10-year median
31.4×
Against its 10-year history
55th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
21.2× to 140×
Peer median
18.9×

Starbucks' forward PE is 33.8× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 31.4×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 21.2× in Jun 2018 to 140× in Feb 2020.

The median for 7 restaurant stocks of a similar size is 18.9×.

Forward PE over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far33.8×30.5×40.9×
202535.7×33.9×50.9×
202439.1×24.7×43.5×
202327.2×25.1×32.6×
202229.6×24.7×37.3×
202140.6×31.2×40.6×
202037.4×30.4×140×
2019104×24.4×105×
201825.0×21.2×27.7×
201726.0×24.2×30.5×
201626.8×25.5×31.5×
201532.3×25.6×35.8×
201426.2×24.2×29.2×
201329.5×23.8×32.2×
201224.4×21.7×32.8×
201126.1×20.9×26.1×
201022.6×17.5×23.1×
200922.6×10.7×23.2×
200814.2×11.9×29.4×
200726.5×26.5×41.7×

Against its peers

Companies in Restaurants nearest Starbucks' size, closest first, today.

CompanyForward PE
SBUXStarbucks33.8×
MCDMcDonald's18.9×
YUMYum! Brands22.4×
CMGChipotle Mexican Grill21.7×
QSRRestaurant Brands International17.8×
DRIDarden Restaurants18.5×
YUMCYum Chinan/m
ARMKAramarkn/m
Peer median18.9×

Where Starbucks ranks

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.