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SBUX / Q4 FY2026 (FQ4 2026 - Sep 2026)

Starbucks Corporation

Reported: Oct 29, 2026

Forecast published

Opus 5.5 High in Shortcut

Shortcut

0.71

Normalized diluted EPS

+0.5% vs Street

Off by $0.09 per share

Street

0.71

Normalized diluted EPS

October 25 consensus snapshot

Off by $0.09 per share

Real

0.80

Starbucks issuer non-GAAP diluted EPS

Shortcut win

Reported result · Oct 29 ↗ · The issuer reports non-GAAP diluted EPS 0.80 versus GAAP 0.59 for the 13-week fiscalQ4 endedSeptember 27.

USD per diluted ordinary/common share. Comparisons use unrounded estimates.

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Shortcut’s reasoning.

Latest guidance (2026-07-29): FY26 non-GAAP EPS $2.55-2.65 less $1.91 YTD implies 4Q26 $0.64-0.74 (mid $0.69); 3Q26 $0.85 was flattered by one-off IEEPA tariff refunds and a tax catch-up, which do not recur.

Top line: NA comp 7.2% (issuer guide US >=6.5% with a "strong start"; Morgan Stanley tracking ~7%, UBS 7.5%; Placer.ai PSL-day visits +6.7% Y/Y) drives revenue $9.28bn, +0.5% vs consensus despite ~$770m China JV deconsolidation.

Margin: non-GAAP operating margin 12.6% (+320bp Y/Y) as Green Apron labor is lapped from August, coffee inflation becomes immaterial and tariffs no longer apply; NA non-GAAP margin 14.4%.

On the record.

Reporting period
Q4 FY2026 (FQ4 2026 - Sep 2026)
Reporting basis
Starbucks issuer non-GAAP normalized diluted EPS, USD per common share
Consensus snapshot
October 25, 2026
Model / effort
Opus 5.5 · High effort
Workbook
Reviewed workbook
Record history
Forecast generated
Oct 26, 2026 at 5:20 PM PDT
Reviewed revision completed
Oct 26, 2026 at 5:20 PM PDT
First published
Oct 26, 2026 at 8:36 PM PDT
Result basis

The issuer reports non-GAAP diluted EPS 0.80 versus GAAP 0.59 for the 13-week fiscalQ4 endedSeptember 27. The quarterly reconciliation includes restructuring/transformation and China transaction adjustments plus tax effects. The frozen forecast metadata and full-precision 0.7137202305328748 are unchanged. The corresponding prior-year fiscal-quarter issuer adjusted comparative 0.52 matches the frozen normalized history. This does not certify exhaustive item-level vendor equivalence.