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title: "Weekly Recap | Starbucks -3.13%, most brokers rate it buy"
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description: "Starbucks (SBUX) fell 3.13% this week to close at $104.47, underperforming the S&P 500 by 3.22 percentage points. The S&P 500 edged up 0.09%. Day by day, the stock opened higher on Monday 31 August but faded to $106.25. Tuesday and Wednesday kept it in a tight $106-107 range. Thursday broke below $107 to $105.82, and Friday 4 September touched a low of $104.36 before settling at $104.47. The week had a clear fade-from-the-highs pattern."
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# Weekly Recap | Starbucks -3.13%, most brokers rate it buy

## The Week

Starbucks (SBUX) fell 3.13% this week to close at $104.47, underperforming the S&P 500 by 3.22 percentage points. The S&P 500 edged up 0.09%. Day by day, the stock opened higher on Monday 31 August but faded to $106.25. Tuesday and Wednesday kept it in a tight $106-107 range. Thursday broke below $107 to $105.82, and Friday 4 September touched a low of $104.36 before settling at $104.47. The week had a clear fade-from-the-highs pattern.

## Key Events

The news flow centred on menu strategy, a new investment filing, and legal updates. On 1 September, reports asked whether Starbucks’ fibre snack partnership with Floura Fiber reframes its turnaround menu strategy. Susquehanna Fundamental Investments LLC disclosed a new position in Starbucks the same day. On 3 September, a US court ruled that the Starbucks dress code did not violate NYC workers’ labour rights. On 5 September, a US appeals court narrowed the NLRB’s anti-unionisation case against Starbucks. The stock also underperformed its restaurant peers on both Monday and Friday.

## Analyst Ratings

Across 36 covering firms, 12 rate the stock buy, 4 rate it over, 17 hold, 2 under, and 1 sell. Consensus is buy, with a target of $112.23, about 7.42% above the latest price. Targets span a wide $81 to $143 range, pointing to a sharp split in views. Starbucks ranks second within its industry group and has wider coverage than the sector median.

## The Week Ahead

US macro data picks up next week. On Tuesday 8 September, NFIB small-business optimism prints. Thursday 10 September brings initial jobless claims, producer price indices, existing-home sales, wholesale sales, and the 10-year Treasury auction. These will be watched for any read-through to restaurant spending confidence and rate conditions.

## In Short

Starbucks closed the week at $104.47, below its 20-day moving average of $106.61 and near its 60-day line at $104.82. Analysts still lean positive, with consensus buy and a target above spot. But latest-session money flow shows large and medium orders on the net sell side while small orders stay active. At roughly 60x earnings and with negative net assets pushing price-to-book below zero, valuation signals are mixed. The main question ahead is whether macro prints shift the restaurant group’s risk appetite back towards earnings recovery.

*This article is generated by LongbridgeAI from market data, for information only and not investment advice.*

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