Gradient Investments LLC Has $30.17 Million Stock Position in Starbucks Corporation $SBUX

Posted by Stanley Muller on Aug 8th, 2026

Gradient Investments LLC reduced its position in Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX – Free Report) by 4.4% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 295,201 shares of the coffee company’s stock after selling 13,500 shares during the period. Gradient Investments LLC’s holdings in Starbucks were worth $30,167,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in SBUX. Brighton Jones LLC increased its stake in shares of Starbucks by 86.5% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 176,722 shares of the coffee company’s stock worth $16,126,000 after purchasing an additional 81,952 shares during the last quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. raised its holdings in shares of Starbucks by 47.0% during the 2nd quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 3,642 shares of the coffee company’s stock valued at $334,000 after purchasing an additional 1,164 shares in the last quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Starbucks in the 2nd quarter valued at $288,000. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL lifted its stake in shares of Starbucks by 92.8% in the 2nd quarter. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL now owns 5,225 shares of the coffee company’s stock valued at $479,000 after purchasing an additional 2,515 shares during the last quarter. Finally, NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Starbucks by 7.6% in the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 112,710 shares of the coffee company’s stock worth $10,328,000 after purchasing an additional 7,978 shares in the last quarter. 72.29% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Brady Brewer sold 2,229 shares of Starbucks stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $105.99, for a total transaction of $236,251.71. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 75,135 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,963,558.65. This trade represents a 2.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 6,687 shares of company stock worth $681,663 over the last 90 days. 0.03% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

SBUX has been the topic of several analyst reports. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued a “sector perform” rating and set a $115.00 target price (up from $110.00) on shares of Starbucks in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $130.00 price target on shares of Starbucks in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Raymond James Financial downgraded Starbucks to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday. Scotiabank downgraded Starbucks from a “market perform” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. Finally, Citigroup raised their price objective on Starbucks from $108.00 to $112.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Nineteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Starbucks presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $111.96.

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Starbucks Price Performance

NASDAQ:SBUX opened at $105.58 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $120.36 billion, a P/E ratio of 60.68, a PEG ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 0.97. Starbucks Corporation has a one year low of $77.99 and a one year high of $109.23. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $102.60 and a 200 day moving average price of $99.55.

Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The coffee company reported $0.85 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.19. Starbucks had a net margin of 5.17% and a negative return on equity of 34.10%. The company had revenue of $9.32 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.17 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.50 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 1.4% on a year-over-year basis. Starbucks has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.550-2.650 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Starbucks Corporation will post 2.64 EPS for the current year.

Starbucks Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, August 28th. Investors of record on Friday, August 14th will be paid a $0.62 dividend. This represents a $2.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.3%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 14th. Starbucks’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 142.53%.

Starbucks Profile

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Starbucks Corporation is a global coffeehouse chain and roaster that operates, licenses and franchises coffee shops and related retail businesses. Founded in Seattle, Washington in 1971 by Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl and Gordon Bowker, the company grew from a single store focused on whole-bean coffee and equipment into a broad consumer-facing brand. Howard Schultz, who joined the company later and served in senior leadership roles, is widely credited with transforming Starbucks into a mass-market specialty coffee retailer and expanding its footprint internationally.

Starbucks’ core activities center on the retail sale of hot and cold specialty beverages, whole-bean and packaged coffees, teas and ready-to-drink products, along with complementary food items and merchandise such as mugs and brewing equipment.