FYI, this note is best read with the Wendy’s (WEN; Buy, $22.39) report we published earlier today, entitled “WEN: It is Called the “Most Important Meal of the Day,” After All…”
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.
With this report, we lower our full-fiscal 2020E EPS estimate for Starbucks (SBUX; Buy, $71.57) by -4 cents, to $1.91. (Our full-fiscal 2021E EPS estimate remains at $2.90.) The four-cent reduction in our fiscal 2020E EPS forecast reflects (1) Starbucks estimating that its adjusted EPS for fiscal Q2 (January-March) will be about $0.32 — we move up our fiscal Q2E projection by +1 cent to $0.32, and (2) lowering our fiscal Q3E EPS estimate by -5 cents, to $0.15.