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Starbucks Q3 2025 earnings summary

Complete event summary combining all related documents: earnings call transcript, report, and slide presentation.
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Q3 2025 earnings summary29 Jul, 2025

Executive summary

  • Q3 net revenues rose 4% year-over-year to $9.5B, driven by new store openings, but global comparable store sales declined 2% due to lower U.S. transactions, partially offset by higher average ticket.

  • EPS fell 47% to $0.49, impacted by margin contraction, labor investments, and one-time costs.

  • The company is in the early stages of a turnaround, focusing on operational improvements, partner engagement, and customer experience.

  • Major investments are being made in the Green Apron service model and store portfolio transformation.

  • Acquisition of 23.5 Degrees Topco Limited converted 113 UK licensed stores to company-operated.

Financial highlights

  • Consolidated net revenues increased 4% to $9.5B; constant currency growth was 3%.

  • Operating margin contracted by 650–680 basis points to 9.9–10.1%, impacted by deleverage, labor, and inflation.

  • Net earnings attributable to shareholders fell 47% year-over-year to $558M.

  • Store operating expenses as a percentage of company-operated store revenues increased to 55.6% from 50.9%.

  • Cash and investments totaled $4.7B as of June 29, 2025.

Outlook and guidance

  • Macroeconomic challenges, including tariffs and volatile coffee prices, are expected to persist for the remainder of fiscal 2025.

  • Leadership expects to accelerate innovation and growth in 2026, focusing on customer service and operational improvements.

  • Investor Day scheduled for early 2026 to share long-term plans and targets.

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From a Neighborhood Coffee Shop to a Global Giant

Starbucks is a chain of coffee houses founded and headquartered in Seattle, but with operations all over the world. The company has grown from a small outfit run by a couple of friends to a global powerhouse in the coffee industry and has become one of the world's most recognizable brands. One thing that is worth noting is that Starbucks doesn’t offer franchising opportunities, like Domino's, McDonalds, Wendy’s, and several other companies do. Instead, their stores are corporately owned and operated.

Founding story

Starbucks was founded in 1971 by three partners: Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker. The first store was located in Seattle's historic Pikes Market and originally the company focused on selling high-quality coffee beans and equipment. However, in 1982, Howard Schultz joined the company and proposed the idea of creating a coffeehouse experience that was more akin to the one he’d found in Europe. Throughout the years, Starbucks expanded rapidly and went public in 1992. Today, Starbucks is a global coffeehouse chain with tens of thousands of stores worldwide, offering a wide range of items outside of just traditional coffee.

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