DCF Valuation
Base-case fair value
$16.10
Intrinsic $21.47 · 25% MOS
Current price: $104.13
Base-case summary
Our base-case DCF for Starbucks Corp (SBUX) projects 10 years of free cash flow growth at 2.0% for years 1–5 and 1.0% for years 6–10, anchored to a default 8% growth assumption, then applies a 2.5% perpetual growth rate and a 8.0% discount rate. Starting from $2.7B in trailing free cash flow, this produces an intrinsic value of $21.47 per share. A 25% safety margin gives a fair value of $16.10, suggesting the stock is currently 85% overvalued against the $104.13 market price.
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Conservative, Base, and Optimistic fair values, plus the sensitivity matrix and FCF history. Free account.
Model inputs
TTM Free Cash Flow
$2.7B
Cash & equivalents
$1.7B
Total debt
$24.4B
Shares outstanding
1.1B