SBUX - Starbucks Corporation
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Starbucks Corporation NYSE:SBUX has reward the patient investor. While the stock's price gain stalled since late 2015, the stock has recently resumed its strong uptrend. SBUXs performance is illustrated with a 10-year stock chart shown below.
Chart 1. Ten year stock chart for SBUX

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The strong stock performance from this specialty coffee company is as shown below.
Investor returns:
- 10 year gain of 1163% vs. 234% for the S&P 500
- Gain since the Oct-2007 bull market top of 469% vs. 86% for the S&P 500
- Gain since the Mar-2009 bear market bottom of 1722% vs. 329% for the S&P 500
- Loss during the Oct-2007 to Mar-2009 bear market of -69% vs. -57% for the S&P 500
- Gain over the last 12 months of 29% vs. 9% for the S&P 500
SBUXs statistics are certainly impressive and this large-cap coffee can certainly provide good returns for investors - even allowing for the ordinary return since 2015.
The financials for SBUX are shown below.