Starbucks is surging, but Dutch Bros' sell-off may be the real value hiding in plain sight.

Costco doesn’t offer the brand, which hopes to change how people drink their morning joe.

Pencils and new shoes are breaking parents’ bank accounts.

Walmart’s finance chief had a message Thursday for analysts pressing the company on its decision to cut prices: Give it time. Walmart said it rolled back prices on more than 11,000 items, including ground beef, citing the ongoing strain on consumers of inflation and high gas prices. The move comes after the company received tariff refunds worth about $2.9 billion, which it’s using to fund the price cuts.

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol's restructuring cuts over 200 jobs, with 120 tied to workers who declined relocating to a new $100 million Nashville office.

President Donald Trump, in a Truth Social post, threatened Iran with “economic warfare.”

Victoria's Secret & Co. has appointed former Starbucks Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Gerri Martin-Flickinger to its Board of Directors, effective 14 September 2026, where she will also join the Audit Committee. Her track record in building cloud-based retail technology ecosystems and customer-facing innovations like Mobile Order & Pay highlights Victoria's Secret's push to deepen its digital capabilities and operational modernization at the board level. Now, we’ll...

Victoria's Secret (VSXY) is in focus after appointing former Starbucks technology chief Gerri Martin-Flickinger to its Board of Directors. The company said the move is directly tied to its Path to Potential strategy and digital priorities. See our latest analysis for Victoria's Secret. Victoria's Secret shares have a 1-day share price return of 5.6% and a 90-day share price return of 75.3%, while the 1-year total shareholder return is very large. This points to strong positive momentum around...

One restaurant chain is trading at a sky-high valuation while another has shed double digits this year, and the market's verdict defies everything a shaky consumer economy would predict about which business wins.

Starbucks is reportedly eliminating 104 roles across store design and construction, while 120 Seattle-based workers face separation after declining to relocate to Nashville.

The retailer tapped former Foot Locker executive Adrian Butler to oversee technology and former Starbucks CTO Gerri Martin-Flickinger to sit on its board.

The cuts affect the company’s corporate staff in technology and coffeehouse development. The reductions don’t involve cafe closures.

McDonald's, Starbucks and Yum! Brands are included in this Analyst Blog.

A new beverage platform running at or above plan in each market it has entered offers McDonald's stock its clearest evidenced path up from a base left by a year of underperformance.

The stock has not been priced this richly against its own sales at any point in a decade, and part of the earnings growth that price pays for comes from an exchange-rate swing rather than from the operation.

MCD's U.S. traffic weakness and execution issues weigh on the stock, but international growth, beverages and a recovery plan offer upside.

Can SBUX sustain its FY26 earnings momentum as strong comps, higher traffic and cost savings support further margin growth?

The coffee purveyor got a caffeinated jolt from an old favorite.

Starbucks stock is showing extremely low implied volatility. This strategy aims to profit when the stock swings.

Starbucks stock has delivered a strong 28.5% return year to date, yet both the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) intrinsic value estimate and the market multiple checks currently point to the shares trading at a premium rather than at a clear discount. That gap between recent share price strength and the more cautious valuation signals is now the focus for investors trying to assess potential upside from here. The 28.5% gain year to date suggests investors have been willing to pay up for Starbucks,...

Starbucks (NasdaqGS:SBUX) reports its Unicorn Frappuccino promotion delivered the highest-ever North America sales weekend for the company. The limited-time drink tapped into social media and pop culture trends, driving heavy store traffic and strong demand for the colorful beverage. Management links the weekend performance to a focus on fresh menu ideas that connect with current cultural moments. For investors looking beyond Starbucks to other companies using product creativity and...

Starbucks brought back the colorful Unicorn Frappuccino for one weekend only, and it led to the coffee chain's strongest sales weekend ever.

While profitability is essential, it doesn’t guarantee long-term success. Some companies that rest on their margins will lose ground as competition intensifies — as Jeff Bezos said, “Your margin is my opportunity”.

A new menu strategy could unlock valuable afternoon traffic

McDonald's has shed nearly 15% from its recent peak while a bold analyst just raised his target to levels most of Wall Street won't touch, and the question isn't whether the fundamentals support a recovery but whether the U.S. execution failure runs deeper than one bad quarter.

Can Wendy's even survive?

The S&P 500 (^GSPC) is home to the biggest and most well-known companies in the market, making it a go-to index for investors seeking stability. But not all large-cap stocks are created equal - some are struggling with slowing growth, declining margins, or increased competition.

Five dividend payments are closing their collection windows across August, and for three of them the deadline already passed this morning. Here is what income investors still have time to act on before the next ex-dates expire.

The introduction of pumpkin-spice lattes to menus means the end of summer is approaching, along with positive vibes

Market volatility has dropped since the recent correction, but with plenty of items on the news front, we could see a volatility spike at any point.

Starbucks Korea posted its first quarterly loss since it started operations 27 years ago after a marketing debacle triggered a boycott, criticism from President Lee Jae Myung, and a police raid of its corporate offices.

Coca-Cola's powerful results met with pointed questions about whether the good times can last, and management's answers revealed where the real tests lie for the second half.

Fast food chains are looking for an energized P&L.

Grindr Inc. (NYSE:GRND) has staged a stunning Wall Street turnaround, soaring 251.62% from its 2022 post-IPO trough to dramatically outperform mainstream retail titans Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ:SBUX) and Target Corp. (NYSE:TGT), as well as crypto heavyweight Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH). A Remarkable Market Comeback After making its public trading debut in late 2022, the dating platform’s shares plunged to a low of $4.65 on Dec. 30, 2022. As noted in financial market commentary by automated trading serv

The stocks in this article are all trading near their 52-week highs. This strength often reflects positive developments such as new product launches, favorable industry trends, or improved financial performance.

Major packaged-goods companies, retailers and food makers are seeing substantial increases in overseas revenue that are outpacing slowing domestic sales.

Starbucks earnings and guidance move back into focus Starbucks (SBUX) is back in the spotlight after reporting fiscal third quarter results on July 29, 2026, with revenue of US$9.32b and net income of US$1.05b. Earnings per share from continuing operations were US$0.92 basic and US$0.91 diluted. For the first nine months of the fiscal year, Starbucks reported revenue of US$28.77b and net income of US$1.85b. Basic and diluted earnings per share from continuing operations were...

When 7 Brew opened a few miles down the road from our home, my son and I were there on opening day. He's a fan of their "Fizz" sodas, while I enjoy the "Sweet and Salty," a coffee drink made with espresso, salted caramel, white chocolate, and a breve (half-and-half) base. That is a very decadent ...

Comparable store sales rose 7.9% as margins expanded and China transitioned to joint venture.

Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX)’s turnaround has seen Cramer discuss the firm on several occasions. On most of these, he has been optimistic about the firm and its prospects. The shares are up by 16% over the past year and by 26% year-to-date. On July 29th, Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) reported its fiscal third-quarter earnings, and on the […]

THE DEAL: After relocating from the Seattle area to Florida, billionaire Howard Schultz, the former chairman and chief executive of Starbucks has sold his house in Hawaii’s affluent Hualālai Resort community for $36 million in an off-market deal. THE BUYER: The buyer is upsizing from a smaller house in the wealthy Big Island community to accommodate a growing family, said listing agent Robert Kildow of Hualālai Realty. Kildow declined to identify the buyer, who agreed to buy the house over FaceTime, he said.

By Karen Roman Krispy Kreme, Inc. (Nasdaq: DNUT) said second quarter adjusted EBITDA grew 43.2% to $28.8 million, and net revenue decreased 12.8% to $331.0 million due to its refranchising strategy and the closure of underperforming stores. System-wide sales increased 1.1% in constant currency terms to reach $497.3 million, and rose 2.6% excluding sales attributable […] The post Krispy Kreme Posts 43% EBITDA Growth as Turnaround Gains Momentum appeared first on ExecEdge.

Dutch Bros (NYSE:BROS) reported second-quarter 2026 revenue growth of 32% and raised its full-year outlook, citing transaction gains, food-program adoption, menu innovation and continued new-shop productivity. Total revenue for the quarter ended June 30 reached $551 million, while adjusted EBITDA i

The move extended a smaller premarket gain after the company’s better-than-expected second quarter earnings release.

Chipotle Mexican Grill stock is valued above the market on earnings while running a thinner margin, and the growth paying for that gap now comes mostly from opening restaurants.

(Updates to include a statement from Starbucks Korea in the last paragraph.) Starbucks (SBUX) hea

Brian Niccol walked into a struggling Starbucks with a deceptively simple plan, and the numbers are starting to prove the skeptics wrong. Here is what a $10,000 bet at the 2011 logo rebrand looks like today, and whether the rally has more room to run.

Starbucks is widening its lineup as rivals crowd in

Amazon's AI expansion, AWS strength and diversified businesses support growth, while Marvell and Starbucks post strong momentum despite key challenges.

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