The BusinessWeek 50 Ranking
24
Starbucks
ONGOING DEMAND for coffee-based drinks and scrupulous cost containment kept Starbucks growing in fiscal 2005. The Seattle company has made moves into music sales and film production, but what’s paying the bills is a continued laserlike focus on speeding up transactions, growing abroad, and finding niche markets in the U.S., such as drive-throughs and rural locations. Despite the threat of saturation in North American markets, the thirst for Starbucks apparently remains unquenchable: The company has realized 14 consecutive years of comparable-store sales growth of 5% or more.
Company Info |
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| 2005 Rank | 33 |
| GET MORE COMPANY INFO | SBUX |
| Market Value $ Million | 27,861.3 |
| Total Return $ Million | (1-yr.) 40.2
(3-yr.) 209.8 |
| 2005 Sales $ Billion | 6.7 |
| Sales Growth $ Million | (1-yr.) 20
(3-yr.) 24.8 |
| Long-Term Growth Est. % | 22.0 |
| Net income $ Million | 523.9 |
| Net Income Growth $ Million | (1-yr.) 24
(3-yr.) 33.8 |
| Net Margin %* | 7.8 |
| Return on Inv. Capital (%)* | 23.4 |
| Share Price 12-Mo. Hi/Lo | 37/22 |
| P/E Ratio | 55 |
| Industry | Consumer Services |
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