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The cash flow of Starbucks Corporation over the past 10 years
Chart Starbucks Corporation: operating cash flow, capital expenditures, free cash flow, fiscal 2016–2025 Open the chart →In fiscal 2025, the latest fiscal year on file, Starbucks Corporation's operating cash flow was $4.75B and its capital expenditures $2.31B, leaving free cash flow of $2.44B. Free cash flow was above zero in all 10 years shown. It ranged from $114.2M in fiscal 2020 to $9.96B in fiscal 2018. Capital expenditures were highest in fiscal 2024, at $2.78B.
Year by year
| Fiscal year | Operating cash flow | Capital expenditures | Free cash flow* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025ended Sep 28, 2025 | $4.75B | $2.31B | $2.44B |
| 2024ended Sep 29, 2024 | $6.1B | $2.78B | $3.32B |
| 2023ended Oct 1, 2023 | $6.01B | $2.33B | $3.68B |
| 2022ended Oct 2, 2022 | $4.4B | $1.84B | $2.56B |
| 2021ended Oct 3, 2021 | $5.99B | $1.47B | $4.52B |
| 2020ended Sep 27, 2020 | $1.6B | $1.48B | $114.2M |
| 2019ended Sep 29, 2019 | $5.05B | $1.81B | $3.24B |
| 2018ended Sep 30, 2018 | $11.94B | $1.98B | $9.96B |
| 2017ended Oct 1, 2017 | $4.25B | $1.52B | $2.73B |
| 2016ended Oct 2, 2016 | $4.7B | $1.44B | $3.26B |
Fiscal years as Starbucks Corporation reports them. * Calculated by us from the company's filed figures; — no figure on file. From SEC filings, updated nightly. How each line is read.
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