July 19, 2016 | 11:29 AM by Jaguar | avo@jaguaranalytics.com

Starbucks (SBUX): All the Coffee in China

Starbucks (SBUX) is the world’s largest coffee-house chain with  23,768 stores worldwide and more opening every day. Its closest competitor is McDonald’s (MCD) McCafe with around 5,100 locations. At its IPO in 1992, SBUX had 140 outlets and $73.5 million in revenues. In 2016, it is expected to earn around $5.37 billion. SBUX releases 3Q earnings July 21st after-hours.

Cons and Pros

Let’s start with the bad

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