$Starbucks(SBUX)$’s stock price hit a new 52-week low during mid-day trading on Monday after Robert W. Baird lowered their price target on the stock from $95.00 to $85.00. The company traded as low as $77.01 and last traded at $77.55, with a volume of 2526 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $78.96.
SBUX has been the subject of several other research reports. MKM Partners dropped their price objective on shares of Starbucks from $115.00 to $105.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, April 20th. Morgan Stanley cut their price objective on Starbucks from $107.00 to $94.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, April 14th. Barclays reduced their price objective on Starbucks from $125.00 to $108.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday. Citigroup downgraded Starbucks from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and dropped their target price for the company from $120.00 to $91.00 in a research report on Monday, April 11th. Finally, Wedbush downgraded Starbucks from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their price objective for the company from $105.00 to $91.00 in a research note on Tuesday, April 5th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, fourteen have issued a hold rating and twelve have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $107.58.
Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of SBUX. Banque Pictet & Cie SA raised its position in Starbucks by 5.7% during the 3rd quarter. Banque Pictet & Cie SA now owns 522,265 shares of the coffee company’s stock valued at $57,611,000 after purchasing an additional 28,114 shares during the last quarter. Lyell Wealth Management LP raised its holdings in shares of Starbucks by 7.0% during the third quarter. Lyell Wealth Management LP now owns 63,364 shares of the coffee company’s stock valued at $6,990,000 after acquiring an additional 4,172 shares in the last quarter. Bouvel Investment Partners LLC lifted its stake in Starbucks by 0.8% in the fourth quarter. Bouvel Investment Partners LLC now owns 22,633 shares of the coffee company’s stock worth $2,647,000 after acquiring an additional 179 shares during the period. United Asset Strategies Inc. bought a new stake in Starbucks in the fourth quarter valued at $515,000. Finally, Vantis Investment Advisers L.P. purchased a new position in Starbucks during the 3rd quarter valued at $3,817,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 69.74% of the company’s stock.
The company’s 50-day moving average price is $86.50 and its 200 day moving average price is $100.66. The stock has a market capitalization of $89.70 billion, a PE ratio of 21.02, a PEG ratio of 1.99 and a beta of 0.90.
Starbucks last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February 1st. The coffee company reported $0.72 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.80 by ($0.08). Starbucks had a negative return on equity of 56.17% and a net margin of 14.47%. The firm had revenue of $8.05 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.95 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.61 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 19.3% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts expect that Starbucks Co. will post 3.28 earnings per share for the current year.
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 13th will be issued a dividend of $0.49 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 12th. This represents a $1.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.51%. Starbucks’s payout ratio is 52.83%.
source: finnewslive
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