Starbucks (SBUX) Brewing Gains? CEO’s Shake-Up & $5B China Deal Fuel Stock Rally
Starbucks stock trades in the mid-$80s (Nasdaq: SBUX) after a recent bounce; it remains down about 9–10% over the past year ts2.tech simplywall.st. CEO Brian Niccol has launched a $1 billion “Back to Starbucks” turnaround – closing roughly 1% of U.S./Canada stores (several hundred locations) and cutting ~900 corporate jobs ts2.tech reuters.com. Q3 FY2025 results (ended July) were weak: EPS $0.50 (missing consensus) and profit plunged ~47% YOY on higher costs ts2.tech marketbeat.com. Wall Street is cautiously optimistic: ~⅔ of analysts rate SBUX a Buy, with an average 12‑month target around $100–105 (roughly 17–20% above current prices) ts2.tech stockanalysis.com. Labor tensions