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Starbucks Corporation (SBUX)

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Howard Schultz , Founder/CEO/Chairman of the Board/Director/President

www.starbucks.com

Industry: Leisure

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Overview

The Company purchases and roasts whole bean coffees and sells them along with fresh, rich-brewed, Italian style espresso beverages, a variety of complementary food items & coffee-related accessories & equipment through its company-operated retail stores.

Portfolio Articles

No Yogi Bears
Lululemon is hoping grassroots marketing and tight focus will keep it from becoming a downward dog in a tumbling economy.
Oct 08 2008
Starbucks: Stirred, Not Shaken
Activist Peltz sells his stake in embattled coffee company.
Aug 14 2008
Black and Brew
Howard Schultz and his struggling Starbucks take a beating en route to a first-ever quarterly loss.
Jul 30 2008
Long Shot
Starbucks' healthy Vivanno won't cure what ails Howard Schultz's chain.
Jul 15 2008
Howard's Schultz-pah
Starbucks' boss built a giant, but he's leaving painful cuts to his flunkies.
Jul 03 2008

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News Feeds

Restaurants hit by sales drop, high costs in 2008 AP
Dec 31 2008
Coffee giant Starbucks stresses tea offerings Baltimore
Dec 30 2008
Starbucks to introduce new tea-based drinks AP
Dec 30 2008
Starbucks may cut 401(k) matching contributions: Report Portland
Dec 24 2008
Starbucks might cut 401(k) matching contributions: Report Sacramento
Dec 23 2008
Starbucks may not match contributions to 401(k)s AP
Dec 23 2008
Judge finds Starbucks violated labor rules AP
Dec 23 2008
Round-the-clock retail hours attract the unsleepy AP
Dec 23 2008
Sector Snap: Restaurants hold gains after Fed move AP
Dec 16 2008

Portfolio Blogs

Starbucks In Hot Water
Nov 04 2008
The Global Crisis
Oct 21 2008
Starbucks' New Gimmick: Reasonable Prices
Aug 05 2008

No Smoothie Sailing for Starbucks
Apr 30 2008
Starbucks Looking for Ideas Via Social Networking
Mar 20 2008

Press Releases

VideoEgg Wins ASPY Award for Second Consecutive Year Jan-07-2009, 08:00AM EST
Concordia Coffee Systems Appoints Hank Suerth as Member of Board of Directors Jan-05-2009, 06:00AM EST
Schaeffer's Street Stories: Starbucks Corporation Continues to Lose Steam Dec-31-2008, 03:54PM EST
XplosiveStocks.com: TEVA, ITRI, SBUX, DTV, GILD, BRCM Hot Stocks on the Move Dec-31-2008, 09:00AM EST
Steeped in Coffeehouse Tradition, Starbucks Introduces New Handcrafted Tea Beverages and Encourages Consumers to Take a Much Needed Break Dec-30-2008, 12:50PM EST

News From Around the Web

News

Test your sweetness IQ (HeraldNet: Snohomish County, WA)

Jan 09 2009
Tazo Tea (FOX 12 Portland (KPTV))

Jan 09 2009
Schultz took Starbucks' new jet to Hawaii for the holidays (Seattle Times)

Jan 08 2009
Video (Seattle Times)

Jan 08 2009
Bankers to retrain as teachers - will they ever learn? (The Standard, China)

Jan 08 2009
Starbucks, despite recession, buys a jet (United Press International)

Jan 08 2009
Starbucks Tazo Tea Lattes (Westword, Denver)

Jan 08 2009
Starbucks buys $45 million corporate jet (NBC 8 Portland (WGW))

Jan 08 2009
Take our quiz and find out which drinks pack the most punch per ounce (MetroWest Daily News: Framingham, MA)

Jan 08 2009
Starbucks (SBUX) NewsBite - SBUX Covered In Lee Allen Report Today (WallSt.net)

Jan 08 2009

Blogs

Caffeinated Performance: Fill 'er up... with Starbucks?! (Autoblog)

Jan 08 2009
My Mum And Starbucks (The Daily Dish)

Jan 08 2009
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-G3 has built-in Wi-Fi, 3 years of free AT&T hotspot access (CrunchGear)

Jan 08 2009
Starbucks Faces Worker Rights Charges (Dollars & Sense)

Jan 07 2009
Pregnant? Still drinking that pot of coffee? (Neurotopia (version 2.0))

Jan 07 2009

Employees

Number of Employees: 172,000

Revenue per Employee: $54,718

Financials

Quarterly

Annual

Income Statement	07/2008	05/2008	02/2008	11/2007
Sales	1.16 Bil.	1.1 Bil.	1.18 Bil.	1.68 Bil.
Gross Operating Profit	1.42 Bil.	1.43 Bil.	1.59 Bil.	762.48 Mil.
Operating Income before D & A (EBITDA)	378.3 Mil.	417.6 Mil.	449.3 Mil.	339.95 Mil.
Total Income Before Interest Expenses (EBIT)	94.5 Mil.	296 Mil.	343.8 Mil.	246.85 Mil.
Total Net Income	-6.7 Mil.	108.7 Mil.	208.1 Mil.	158.5 Mil.
Basic EPS, Total	-0.01	0.15	0.28	0.22
Diluted EPS, Total	-0.01	0.15	0.28	0.21

BALANCE STATEMENT	07/2008	05/2008	02/2008	11/2007
Cash and Equivalents	297 Mil.	303.4 Mil.	349.3 Mil.	281.26 Mil.
Total Assets	1.66 Bil.	1.58 Bil.	1.74 Bil.	1.7 Bil.
Total Liabilities	2.06 Bil.	2.08 Bil.	2.25 Bil.	2.16 Bil.
Total Capitalization	3.03 Bil.	2.99 Bil.	2.8 Bil.	2.83 Bil.

Cash Flow	07/2008	05/2008	02/2008	11/2007
Net Cash From Continuing Operations	1.08 Bil.	765.4 Mil.	807.6 Mil.	1.33 Bil.
Net Cash From Investing Activities	-762.3 Mil.	-497.7 Mil.	-273.8 Mil.	-1.2 Bil.
Net Cash From Financing Activities	-307.5 Mil.	-253.9 Mil.	-467.7 Mil.	-171.89 Mil.
Net Change in Cash & Cash Equivalents	15.7 Mil.	22.1 Mil.	68 Mil.	-31.34 Mil.

Income Statement	2007	2006	2005	2004
Sales	7.19 Bil.	6.1 Bil.	4.94 Bil.	4.14 Bil.
Gross Operating Profit	2.22 Bil.	1.69 Bil.	1.43 Bil.	1.16 Bil.
Operating Income before D & A (EBITDA)	1.44 Bil.	1.21 Bil.	1.07 Bil.	854.28 Mil.
Total Income Before Interest Expenses (EBIT)	1.06 Bil.	906.24 Mil.	796.44 Mil.	624.26 Mil.
Total Net Income	672.64 Mil.	564.26 Mil.	494.47 Mil.	391.78 Mil.
Basic EPS, Total	0.9	0.74	0.63	0.5
Diluted EPS, Total	0.87	0.71	0.61	0.48

BALANCE STATEMENT	2007	2006	2005	2004
Cash and Equivalents	281.26 Mil.	312.61 Mil.	173.81 Mil.	299.13 Mil.
Total Assets	1.7 Bil.	1.53 Bil.	1.21 Bil.	1.37 Bil.
Total Liabilities	2.16 Bil.	1.94 Bil.	1.23 Bil.	782.98 Mil.
Total Capitalization	2.83 Bil.	2.23 Bil.	2.09 Bil.	2.49 Bil.

Cash Flow	2007	2006	2005	2004
Net Cash From Continuing Operations	1.33 Bil.	1.13 Bil.	923.61 Mil.	793.85 Mil.
Net Cash From Investing Activities	-1.2 Bil.	-841.04 Mil.	-221.31 Mil.	-632.19 Mil.
Net Cash From Financing Activities	-171.89 Mil.	-155.33 Mil.	-673.83 Mil.	-66.54 Mil.
Net Change in Cash & Cash Equivalents	-31.34 Mil.	138.8 Mil.	28.76 Mil.	98.22 Mil.