Starbucks Corporation (SBUX)☆

Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse chain in the world, operating and licensing stores across dozens of markets. It is a member of the S&P 500 and is classified in the Consumer Discretionary sector — retailers, automakers and leisure companies whose sales rise and fall with consumer confidence.

Starbucks Corporation trades on the NasdaqGS under the ticker symbol SBUX. As of the most recent market data, the stock was priced around $105.49, down 2.66% on the session, giving Starbucks Corporation a market capitalization of roughly $120.23B.

Over the past 52 weeks, SBUX has traded between $77.99 and $109.23. Shares are valued at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of about 80.5, a common gauge of how richly the market prices the company's earnings. Starbucks Corporation also pays a dividend, currently yielding around 2.35%.

As one of the larger companies in the Consumer Discretionary sector, Starbucks Corporation is closely followed by investors and often moves with broader trends across retailers, automakers and leisure companies whose sales rise and fall with consumer confidence. Traders watch SBUX for earnings reports, analyst rating changes, and headlines that can shift sentiment — each of which is summarized on this page as it breaks.

Because the S&P 500 is weighted by market value, Starbucks Corporation's size means its share-price moves can also nudge the index as a whole, making SBUX a stock that even index investors pay attention to.