Stock Analysis on Net

Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ:SBUX)

Cash Flow Statement 
Quarterly Data

The cash flow statement provides information about a company cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flows link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company balance sheet.

The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities, and cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities.

Starbucks Corp., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

US$ in thousands

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3 months ended: Jun 29, 2025 Mar 30, 2025 Dec 29, 2024 Sep 29, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Oct 1, 2023 Jul 2, 2023 Apr 2, 2023 Jan 1, 2023 Oct 2, 2022 Jul 3, 2022 Apr 3, 2022 Jan 2, 2022 Oct 3, 2021 Jun 27, 2021 Mar 28, 2021 Dec 27, 2020 Sep 27, 2020 Jun 28, 2020 Mar 29, 2020 Dec 29, 2019 Sep 29, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 Dec 30, 2018
Net earnings (loss) including noncontrolling interests 558,400 384,200 780,900 909,600 1,055,800 772,500 1,024,400 1,219,300 1,141,800 908,400 855,200 878,600 913,700 675,000 816,100 1,764,600 1,154,100 659,400 622,200 392,700 (678,100) 324,800 885,300 802,400 1,373,200 658,600 760,400
Depreciation and amortization 448,000 435,300 432,200 401,400 407,400 399,200 384,400 376,500 364,500 366,800 342,500 360,400 391,300 391,300 386,400 377,900 373,300 384,500 388,400 379,200 377,100 377,700 369,200 365,700 360,100 372,700 350,800
Deferred income taxes, net 60,500 2,500 (14,900) (30,400) 12,600 (22,100) 26,100 (29,200) (32,800) (13,200) 15,800 (72,800) 6,600 28,700 (300) (33,000) (88,000) (19,100) (6,100) (45,800) (27,700) 37,300 10,400 (251,900) (529,000) (359,900) (354,600)
Income earned from equity method investees, net (68,900) (62,400) (53,100) (104,900) (69,200) (73,300) (59,000) (119,100) (72,800) (53,000) (56,900) (93,700) (56,300) (72,100) (46,600) (109,000) (107,000) (62,300) (69,000) (98,400) (66,000) (53,400) (62,900) (76,500) (65,900) (53,200) (55,000)
Distributions received from equity method investees 52,700 51,900 81,900 112,800 66,000 49,300 105,200 76,200 58,600 42,300 45,700 85,300 45,100 55,900 44,900 109,300 96,500 53,000 77,200 62,100 67,500 33,800 64,300 53,100 70,400 29,600 63,700
Gain on sale of assets (91,300)
Net gain resulting from divestiture of certain operations (864,500) (601,800) (21,000)
Stock-based compensation 66,000 77,700 100,600 71,700 63,600 78,200 94,800 74,200 69,200 74,100 85,200 64,900 57,400 53,400 95,800 63,800 80,000 76,000 99,300 60,600 41,400 56,300 90,300 52,600 63,300 94,800 97,300
Goodwill impairments 5,100 5,400
Non-cash lease costs 293,300 317,900 493,700 232,300 393,100 411,500 278,000 367,500 413,700 321,000 263,700 407,300 419,700 340,300 330,400 316,900 313,800 309,600 308,300 295,200 306,100 301,400 294,900
Loss on retirement and impairment of assets 60,900 41,200 40,900 58,600 20,400 14,200 28,300 22,300 3,500 54,500 21,100 1,800 12,300 26,600 50,700 21,500 29,300 42,800 132,600 329,800 93,700 18,200 12,700 92,100 50,500
Other 8,000 10,400 (7,000) 11,700 3,900 (1,500) 17,800 4,000 200 15,900 6,700 (23,100) (26,800) (13,000) (4,900) 800 8,600 (5,200) (10,200) (39,200) 26,900 44,400 (7,600) (26,500) (19,300) 85,000 6,100
Accounts receivable (63,400) 92,800 (75,800) (26,300) (41,700) 44,100 42,300 (48,400) 18,100 (15,800) 42,000 (80,600) (183,400) 29,500 (91,600) (29,900) (25,900) (6,800) 19,600 (16,100) 74,100 (37,800) (22,900) (127,600) (79,900) 38,600 (28,800)
Inventories (196,600) (306,100) 25,100 96,200 (117,900) (109,800) 174,300 171,900 (100) 86,100 108,500 (83,700) (232,400) (288,900) (36,000) (58,200) (42,900) (38,800) 90,100 40,800 (88,600) (85,900) 122,800 (32,500) (89,500) (95,800) 44,800
Income taxes payable 44,300 (98,500) 104,900 (11,200) 34,200 (274,500) 189,600 4,500 32,200 (131,800) 147,600 157,200 88,900 (16,900) 56,900 9,900 2,900 (1,352,500) 125,100 191,700 503,400 52,700 489,300
Accounts payable (48,300) 109,200 230,200 (33,700) 113,300 44,200 (95,800) 52,800 98,500 66,100 (117,300) 3,800 208,700 49,000 84,000 81,700 86,900 (3,500) 24,800 109,500 (133,900) (76,100) (110,300) 47,000 68,300 (62,100) (21,300)
Deferred revenue (70,400) (415,500) 480,900 (123,800) (77,300) (379,600) 508,500 (102,600) (62,200) (407,000) 461,000 (108,500) (77,500) (351,100) 461,300 (58,500) (37,400) (309,100) 398,900 (61,000) (20,100) (314,600) 426,700 1,900 (41,800) (353,300) 362,700
Operating lease liability (309,600) (324,200) (510,200) (245,200) (414,600) (344,600) (290,500) (387,700) (434,300) (340,400) (281,400) (424,200) (435,100) (403,000) (363,300) (458,300) (353,500) (361,500) (314,800) (313,200) (309,600) (307,000) (301,600)
Other operating assets and liabilities 166,800 (24,400) (38,300) 216,800 220,500 (101,800) (44,500) 262,800 104,800 (115,100) (346,200) 184,200 221,500 (359,700) 144,000 238,400 172,200 181,700 17,500 384,600 (33,400) (327,900) (60,300) 16,700 102,300 (1,700) 663,600
Cash provided by (used in) changes in operating assets and liabilities (477,200) (966,700) 216,800 (127,200) (283,500) (1,122,000) 483,900 (46,700) (243,000) (857,900) 14,200 (509,000) (498,200) (1,324,200) 198,400 (127,600) (111,700) (554,900) 293,000 154,500 (508,600) (2,501,800) 179,500 97,200 462,800 (421,600) 1,510,300
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities 443,300 (92,200) 1,291,100 626,000 614,300 (266,500) 1,359,500 725,700 561,100 (140,800) 738,000 221,100 351,100 (513,100) 1,054,800 (243,900) 594,800 224,400 1,213,500 1,098,000 310,400 (1,686,100) 950,800 305,800 (203,800) (268,200) 1,618,600
Net cash provided by operating activities 1,001,700 292,000 2,072,000 1,535,600 1,670,100 506,000 2,383,900 1,945,000 1,702,900 767,600 1,593,200 1,099,700 1,264,800 161,900 1,870,900 1,520,700 1,748,900 883,800 1,835,700 1,490,700 (367,700) (1,361,300) 1,836,100 1,108,200 1,169,400 390,400 2,379,000
Purchases of investments (128,800) (103,100) (66,300) (81,900) (73,600) (254,900) (217,100) (253,400) (109,400) (237,200) (10,500) (260,600) (49,800) (6,500) (61,000) (64,700) (45,600) (186,200) (135,500) (146,500) (232,300) (27,100) (38,000) (14,100) (26,100) (41,500) (108,700)
Sales of investments 1,100 9,800 500 500 100 1,100 800 72,600 12,800 8,700 30,500 91,200 53,200 39,800 29,100 64,600 16,600 63,400 186,200 32,100
Maturities and calls of investments 135,900 53,400 87,600 36,400 233,100 245,200 253,500 101,900 245,000 16,700 253,300 7,800 3,800 10,100 45,600 46,800 9,700 175,300 113,700 63,700 5,700 3,000 1,300 2,300 2,400 40,900 14,200
Additions to property, plant and equipment (567,400) (589,200) (692,900) (798,200) (724,300) (659,100) (595,900) (699,500) (632,100) (485,200) (516,800) (545,900) (423,500) (455,100) (416,800) (484,300) (337,800) (323,700) (324,200) (345,200) (380,100) (364,000) (394,300) (525,900) (435,100) (414,200) (431,400)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired (177,100)
Proceeds from sale of assets 110,000
Net proceeds from the divestiture of certain operations 59,300 1,175,000 100 635,700 48,500
Other (36,500) (5,100) (6,500) (15,800) (20,700) (26,900) (9,300) (14,100) (2,800) (33,100) (6,100) (30,600) (25,900) (28,400) (41,400) (18,900) (42,200) (2,400) (17,700) (5,000) (16,900) (2,600) (19,900) 16,700 (35,800) (20,500) (16,600)
Net cash used in investing activities (595,700) (644,000) (855,200) (849,700) (585,500) (695,200) (568,800) (864,600) (499,200) (627,700) (279,300) (770,000) (495,400) (479,900) (401,000) 666,700 (407,200) (306,500) (272,500) (379,800) (583,800) (361,600) (386,300) (504,300) 204,500 (200,600) (510,400)
Net proceeds from issuance (payments) of commercial paper (300,000) 300,000 (175,000) (25,000) 200,000 (200,000) 200,000 (296,500) (613,000) 214,100 398,900 (75,000) 75,000
Net proceeds from issuance of short-term debt 1,300 1,100 5,500 25,100 44,100 49,100 30,900 30,900 52,800 (2,300) 21,500 17,400 (500) 12,300 10,400 192,900 249,400 663,100 395,100 99,000
Repayments of short-term debt (2,400) (5,400) (30,500) (46,500) (46,700) (33,800) (32,100) (46,700) 2,300 (26,300) (12,600) (3,600) (25,700) (175,800) (144,700) (747,000) (220,700)
Net proceeds from issuance of long-term debt 1,748,500 1,995,300 1,497,800 1,498,100 2,987,900 1,739,700 1,996,000
Repayments of long-term debt (1,075,100) (750,000) (1,000,000) (1,000,000) (750,000) (500,000) (350,000)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock 15,200 27,300 17,100 28,800 20,800 26,100 32,300 18,000 19,600 83,900 45,900 26,100 19,200 15,000 41,300 54,600 57,200 31,600 102,800 199,900 33,500 32,300 33,100 51,300 82,800 167,300 108,400
Cash dividends paid (693,200) (693,000) (691,900) (646,000) (645,500) (645,400) (648,100) (607,000) (607,400) (609,100) (608,300) (562,200) (561,900) (563,200) (576,000) (530,800) (530,200) (529,800) (528,200) (479,300) (479,000) (481,000) (484,200) (430,600) (436,200) (447,800) (446,700)
Repurchase of common stock (1,266,700) (285,100) (220,000) (287,900) (191,400) (15,500) (476,600) (3,520,900) (607,500) (1,091,400) (2,249,400) (145,000) (2,713,200) (5,114,700)
Minimum tax withholdings on share-based awards (4,100) (1,900) (74,600) (2,300) (4,000) (2,000) (92,100) (2,300) (5,600) (2,400) (79,000) (3,700) (1,400) (8,500) (113,600) (2,800) (4,100) (1,500) (88,600) (2,800) (1,500) (9,200) (78,400) (5,500) (49,800) (1,000) (55,300)
Other (9,200) (10,600) (100) (300) (10,700) (9,200) 100 (27,400) (10,400) 100 (17,700) 400 (300)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 1,056,100 (666,500) (754,800) (644,500) (650,100) (14,300) (2,409,300) (877,700) (829,500) (275,600) (1,007,800) (564,800) (1,364,400) 260,400 (3,969,200) (483,100) (490,500) (1,711,600) (965,800) (779,700) 2,342,900 1,273,100 (1,123,000) (2,634,100) 1,355,100 (2,919,300) (5,858,600)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 39,100 18,500 (76,800) 65,700 (19,600) (32,700) 43,100 (8,200) (89,000) 21,000 62,000 (124,000) (140,900) 1,600 13,000 (1,700) 21,200 (13,100) 79,800 53,800 2,200 (18,400) 27,100 (46,500) (20,800) 23,000 (4,700)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 1,501,200 (1,000,000) 385,200 107,100 414,900 (236,200) (551,100) 194,500 285,200 (114,700) 368,100 (359,100) (735,900) (56,000) (2,486,300) 1,702,600 872,400 (1,147,400) 677,200 385,000 1,393,600 (468,200) 353,900 (2,076,700) 2,708,200 (2,706,500) (3,994,700)

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-06-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-03-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-12-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-09-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-10-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-01-01), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-10-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-01-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-10-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-12-27), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-09-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-12-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-09-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-12-30).


Net Earnings (Loss) Including Noncontrolling Interests
The net earnings showed considerable volatility over the periods. After a peak of over 1.37 billion USD in June 2019, earnings dropped sharply in March 2020 and posted a significant loss in June 2020, likely impacted by extraordinary circumstances. Earnings gradually recovered, peaking again above 1.21 billion USD in July 2023, before trending downward towards 558 million USD in June 2025.
Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization expenses have remained relatively stable, fluctuating moderately between approximately 342 million USD and 448 million USD throughout the periods. There is a slight upward trend in recent periods, indicating consistent investments in long-lived assets.
Deferred Income Taxes, Net
Deferred income taxes exhibited significant fluctuations, alternating between negative and positive values, with no clear trend. This suggests variable timing differences and tax planning dynamics impacting the company’s tax liabilities.
Income Earned from Equity Method Investees, Net
The income earned from equity method investees remained predominantly negative, showing periodic losses that deepen notably around the first half of 2021 and 2023. The losses reflect challenges or reduced profitability of associated companies during these intervals.
Distributions Received from Equity Method Investees
Distributions received exhibit considerable variability but generally increased over time with spikes in early 2022 and mid-2024, indicating possible realization of investment returns or improved cash flows from investees.
Stock-based Compensation
Stock-based compensation fluctuated without a clear trend but remains a consistent component of operating expenses, with values typically ranging from about 41 million to over 100 million USD, pointing towards a stable use of equity incentives as part of compensation.
Non-cash Lease Costs
Non-cash lease costs increased significantly starting from late 2021, peaking above 490 million USD in mid-2025. This rising trend highlights higher leased asset liabilities, possibly reflecting changes in lease accounting or increased leasing activities.
Loss on Retirement and Impairment of Assets
This expense showed episodic spikes, notably a large increase in the second half of 2020 and further sizeable amounts in 2024-2025. These impairments indicate periodic asset write-downs potentially tied to strategic restructuring or asset rationalization.
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable fluctuated widely, oscillating between negative and positive values through the periods, with no sustained directional trend, indicating varying credit sales and collections patterns.
Inventories
Inventory levels were highly volatile, with large positive peaks interspersed with steep declines, especially notable negative swings in early to mid-2022 and 2025. These fluctuations likely reflect changes in inventory management, supply chain dynamics, or demand shifts.
Income Taxes Payable
The income taxes payable account demonstrated sharp fluctuations with intermittent large negative balances, including a significant negative peak in March 2020. This volatile pattern points to shifting tax obligations and possibly large tax refunds or credits in certain quarters.
Accounts Payable
Accounts payable balances fluctuated considerably, alternating between positive and negative values. A pattern of spikes in payable amounts suggests episodic variations in supplier payments, possibly related to working capital management.
Deferred Revenue
Deferred revenue showed extreme volatility with large positive and negative swings across the timeline. This indicates irregularities or seasonality in customer prepayments and related revenue recognition timing.
Operating Lease Liability
Operating lease liabilities increased steadily from 2019 through 2025, peaking beyond 510 million USD, reflecting either expanded leasing commitments or revised lease accounting standards increasing reported liabilities.
Other Operating Assets and Liabilities
This category showed substantial fluctuations throughout, with large positive and negative movements suggesting variability in miscellaneous operating accounts, possibly including accruals and adjustments.
Cash Provided by (Used in) Changes in Operating Assets and Liabilities
Cash flows related to operating assets and liabilities were highly variable, with notable negative spikes especially around 2020 and 2022, indicating periods of working capital expansion or tightening.
Adjustments to Reconcile Net Earnings to Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
Adjustments also fluctuated widely correlating with periods of earnings volatility and asset impairments, reflecting significant non-cash charges and changes in working capital along with income reconciliation.
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
Operating cash flows exhibited substantial swings, with large troughs in early 2020 coinciding with net earnings losses, and recoveries thereafter. The cash flows generally reflect resilience but with significant sensitivity to operational disruptions.
Investing Activities
Investing cash flows were predominantly negative across most periods, driven by consistent capital expenditures on property, plant, and equipment, which peaked near 800 million USD per quarter in recent periods. Occasional positive cash inflows from divestitures and investment maturities partially offset these outflows.
Financing Activities
Financing cash flows displayed notable volatility, with large negative spikes in repurchases of common stock, particularly in 2018 to early 2020, followed by substantial net issuances of debt. Dividends paid remained consistently negative and steadily increasing over time, indicating sustained shareholder return policies.
Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on Cash and Cash Equivalents
Exchange rate effects on cash showed moderate volatility but generally smaller in magnitude compared to other cash flow items, occasionally contributing positively or negatively to cash balances.
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents
The net cash position experienced extreme volatility correlating with operational, investing, and financing activity swings, recording large negative movements during crisis periods (e.g., early 2020) and positive gains during recovery phases, affirming the company’s cash flow sensitivity to external and internal financial dynamics.