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Starbucks Corp (NASDAQ:SBUX) Earnings Model  

Author: Greyson Sklba, Published: July 17, 2019 9:00pm Category: Earnings Preview (Prior to the F3Q2019 SBUX Results)

SBUX FQ3Q19 Forecast Breakdown
Americas Segment:
  • Net New Company Operated Stores Added – Q3 93 New stores and for Q4 82 New stores. This comes to a total of 258 new stores for the year, down from the previous year but still signaling growth.
  • Comp Stores Sales Rate – Q3 4.48% and for Q4 3.4%. I believe success of the new customer rewards program and the new cold beverages will be shown in the third and fourth quarters of the year.
  • Net New Licensed Stores Added – Q3 138 and Q4 117. This brings the total for the year to 428 and keeps the America Total Net Store Additions in management’s guidance of 600-700 at 686.
  • Average Revenue Per Licensed Store – Q3 Increased by 2.4% from the year prior and for Q4 increased by 2.5%.
  • Operating Expense as a Percent of Revenue – Q3 74.2% and Q4 74.1%. Used goal seek to get America Total Operating Margin (“Up Slightly” According to Management’s Guidance) to 21.7%.
China Asia Pacific Segment (CAP):
  • CAP Total Net Store Additions – Management’s guidance is about 1100 new stores. I came to 1075, which falls close to guidance.
    • Net New Company Operated Stores – Q3 214 and Q4 218. The logic for this increase is there will be significantly more company operated stores than licensed stores in China. I believe Starbuck’s will add this number of stores to keep up with the large growth of competitor Luckin Coffee.
    • Net New Licensed Stores Added – Q3 87 and Q4 93. This is an increase from previous quarters but still significantly less than Company Operated Stores Added.
  • Comp Store Sales – Starbuck’s does not give decimals places for Comp Store Sales. Following the trend of increased competition in China, Q3 I have 2.1% and Q4 1.9% just to again highlight the increased competition in China.
    • CAP Total Operating Margin – Up about 13 Basis points from the previous quarter; which, is slightly above management’s guidance.
  • To adjust the CAP Total Operating Margin, I changed the Operating Expense as a Percent of Revenue – Q3 71.8% and Q4 72%. This brings CAP Total Operating Margin to 19.37%; which, is roughly flat at 19.4% from Q2.
Europe, Middle East and Africa Segment EMEA:
  • Net New Company Operated Stores Added – Q3 (30) and Q4 (25). This follows the trend from previously this year and years past.
  • Net New Licensed Stores Added – Q3 151 and Q4 157. Following management’s guidance, I have a total of 401 Total EMEA Net Store Additions. Virtually all of them are licensed. 
  • Average Revenue Per Licensed Store – Q3 and Q4 I changed the growth rate to 3% because management made a comment about their average ticket size increasing.
  • Operating Expense as a Percent of Revenue – I adjusted these numbers to allow Total EMEA Operating Margin to improve slightly over the course of FY19. Q3 91.1% and Q4 89.75%.
My overall view on Starbuck’s fiscal third quarter is bullish. I have their non-GAAP EPS just above management’s range at $2.81. For their GAAP EPS I have $2.42; which, is about the middle of management’s guided range. I have their revenue growth at the top of management’s
range at 6.9%. 

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