Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.62 per share of outstanding Common Stock. The dividend will be payable in cash on February 27, 2026, to shareholders of record on February 13, 2026.

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our ability to preserve, grow, and leverage our brands;
the impact of our brand, marketing, promotional, advertising and pricing strategies, platforms, reformulations, innovations, or customer experience initiatives or investments;
the costs and risks associated with, and the successful and timely execution and effects of, our existing and any future business opportunities, expansions, initiatives, strategies, investments, and plans, including our “Back to Starbucks”(and restructuring) plan;
the costs and risks associated with, and the successful execution and effects of, strategic changes to our ownership and operating structure, including as a result of acquisitions, divestitures, other strategic transactions or entry into joint ventures;
our ability to align our investment efforts with our strategic goals;
evolving consumer preferences, demand, consumption, or spending behavior, reduction in discretionary spending and price increases, and our ability to anticipate or react to these changes;
the ability of our business partners, suppliers, and third-party providers to fulfill their responsibilities and commitments and our reliance on certain key business partners and suppliers;
the potential negative effects of food or beverage-safety incidents or product recalls, and any perceived association with such incidents;
our ability to open new stores and efficiently maintain the attractiveness of our existing stores and manage related costs;
our heavy reliance on the financial performance of our North America operating segment and our dependence on the performance and growth of certain international markets;
our ability to operate and successfully expand our footprint in international markets, which is influenced by factors distinct from our North America operating segment;
inherent risks of operating a global business, including changing conditions in our markets, local factors affecting store openings, protectionist trade or foreign investment policies, such as tariffs and import/export regulations, economic or trade sanctions, compliance with local laws and other regulations, and local labor policies and conditions, including labor strikes and work stoppages;
higher costs, lower quality, or unavailability of coffee, dairy, cocoa, energy, water, raw materials, or product ingredients and related volatility;
the ability of our supply chain to meet current or future business needs and our ability to scale and improve our forecasting, planning, production, and logistics management;
the potential impact on our supply chain and operations of adverse weather conditions, natural disasters, or significant increases in logistics costs;
a worsening in the terms and conditions upon which we engage with our manufacturers and source suppliers;
the impact of unfavorable macro-economic conditions and other factors, including economic slowdowns or recessions, rising real estate costs, supply chain disruptions, climate change and extreme weather events, inflection and interest rate fluctuations, government shutdowns, labor unrest, geopolitical instability, disruptions in credit markets and foreign current exchange rate volatility;
failure to meet market expectations for our financial performance or any announced guidance and the impact thereof;
failure to attract or retain key executive or partner talent;
changes in the availability and cost of labor, including any union organizing efforts and our responses to such efforts;
the impact of, and our ability to respond to, substantial competition from new entrants, consolidations by competitors, and other competitive activities, such as pricing actions (including price reductions, promotions, discounting, couponing, or free goods), marketing, category expansion, product introductions, or entry or expansion in our geographic markets;
potential impacts of climate change;
evolving corporate governance and public disclosure regulations and expectations;
the potential impact of activist shareholder actions or tactics;
failure to comply with applicable laws and complex and changing legal and regulatory requirements, including in privacy and data protection;
the impact or likelihood of significant legal disputes and proceedings or government investigations;
the unauthorized access, use, theft, or destruction of our data, or of our proprietary or confidential information and the impact thereof;
potential negative effects of, and our ability to respond to, a material failure, inadequacy, or interruption of our information technology systems or those of our third-party business partners or service providers, or failure to comply with data protection laws; and
our ability to adequately protect our intellectual property or adequately ensure that we are not infringing the intellectual property of others.