Starbucks Corporations is a coffee company, which roasts, markets and retails specialty coffee in the world. Co. operates in 86 markets and has approximately 38,000 stores worldwide. It has three segments: North America, International and Channel Development. North America segment includes the U.S. and Canada. International segment includes China, Japan, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Latin America and Caribbean. North America and International segments include both the Co.-operated and licensed stores. We show 60 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our SBUX shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute SBUX market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing SBUX market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing SBUX's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of SBUX versus a peer is one thing; comparing
SBUX market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like SBUX can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching SBUX by allowing them to research the SBUX market cap history. |
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Video: The Importance of Market Cap
