Tuesday August 18, 2020, 00:00:00
By Mark Kalinowski
With this report, we introduce our quarterly EPS estimates for Starbucks’ (SBUX; Buy, $78.95) fiscal 2021E. Also, our full-fiscal 2021E EPS estimate also goes up by +5 cents, to $2.55, reflecting the 53rd fiscal week in fiscal 2021E. Starbucks’ fiscal year ends on the Sunday closest to September 30th. In 2020 this means September 27th; in 2021 this means October 3rd.
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Tuesday July 28, 2020, 00:00:00
By Mark Kalinowski
After today’s market close, Starbucks (SBUX; Buy, $74.64) reported fiscal Q3 (calendar Q2) adjusted EPS of -$0.46 — better than our -$0.63 forecast and sell-side consensus (according to Consensus Metrix) of -$0.62. In its June 10th business update, Starbucks indicated it was then targeting fiscal Q3 adjusted EPS of -$0.55 to -$0.70. Fiscal Q3 EPS coming in better than the high end of the target range relates to better-than-expected June same-store sales (for example, June U.S. same-store sales down by -19%).
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Wednesday June 10, 2020, 00:00:00
By Mark Kalinowski
Earlier today, Starbucks (SBUX; Buy, $82.37) provided a business update as part of an 8-K filing. Given the information in that 8-K, we lower our fiscal Q3E (calendar Q2E) EPS estimate by -53 cents to -$0.63, and we reduce our fiscal Q4E (calendar Q3E) EPS forecast by -12 cents to $0.27. These updates lower our full-fiscal 2020E EPS projection by -65 cents, to $0.75. In addition, given this lower anticipated base of earnings coming off of fiscal 2020E, we take down our fiscal 2021E EPS estimate by -50 cents to $2.25.
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