Starbucks Corporation

Starbucks, the world's largest coffee chain, reported sales growth in the U.S. market for the first time in two years. The quarterly results showed that the strategy of the new management to bring visitors back to Starbucks is bearing fruit, despite the pressure of increased profit costs. Shares of the coffee chain rose 9.5% after the report was released. However, Wall Street analysts are divided on whether to buy them.

Coffee drinkers return to Starbucks: chain's US sales up for first time in two years

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Coffee Holding Co., Inc.

Dutch Bros Inc.

Global coffee prices collapsed on Friday, November 21, after US President Donald Trump slapped 40 percent duties on agricultural imports from Brazil. Trump's decision followed a similar order last Friday - then he waived duties on coffee and about 200 other categories of food products, Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/global-coffee-prices-plunge-after-trump-removes-tariffs-brazil-2025-11-21/">writes</a>.

Coffee prices collapse after U.S. duties are lifted for Brazil. Shares of coffee shops are rising

Palantir Technologies Inc.

OpenAI signed a $38 billion contract with Amazon Web Services, diversifying its infrastructure and reducing its dependence on Microsoft. Saudi Aramco showed a 0.9% increase in profit to $28 bln thanks to an increase in oil production. These and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of November 4.

Highlights for the morning: Aramco's profit growth, Starbucks' change of plan in China, OpenAI contract

Coffee shop chain managed to interrupt sales decline by improving customer experience

Starbucks posted its first sales increase in two years. Why did the stock fall?

Strategy Inc

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Alphabet Inc.

Donald Trump has imposed stiff duties - 100% on brand-name drugs, 25% on heavy trucks and up to 50% on furniture - as part of a drive to bring manufacturing back to the US. Meta, despite its investment in AI, is discussing using Google's Gemini models to boost its advertising algorithms. Starbucks announced a $1 billion restructuring with the closure of 500 coffee shops and the layoff of 900 employees in an attempt to bring back sales growth. On these and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of September 26.

Highlights for the morning: Anthropic under pressure, Starbucks slashes costs and new US duties

McDonald's Corporation

Two world-famous chains - Starbucks and McDonald's - have different approaches to doing business. The former is struggling with falling sales and trying to regain customer loyalty, while the latter has already become more efficient. Independent analyst Mikhail Zavaraev discusses what an investor should consider when adding shares in these companies to his portfolio.

Starbucks vs McDonald's: which company is a better fit for the portfolio

Investment bank analyst sees the potential for the company to turn around in the near future

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Microsoft Corporation

UBS Group AG

Tesla, Inc.

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Analysts warn of revenue and margin damage due to company transformation

Starbucks sales and profits fell short of expectations. Why did the stock jump 5%?

Amazon.com, Inc.

Apple Inc.

Donald Trump's August deadline on duties is no longer weighing on Wall Street: the U.S. S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq Composite indexes ended last week at all-time highs, while the Dow Jones came close to the record, <a href="https://www.barrons.com/articles/amazon-apple-visa-meta-fed-inflation-jobs-607de827?mod=RTA">writes</a> Barron's. The U.S. trade agreement with the European Union, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-27/eu-us-clinch-deal-to-avoid-trump-tariff-hike-ahead-of-deadline">concluded</a> on July 27, should add to investor optimism early this week.

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The main driver of the pessimistic valuation was the coffee chain's business in China