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Processed and Packaged Goods Starbucks Corporation Module 3: Market Multiple Valuation Angie Zhao. Starbucks • Green Mountain Coffee • J.M. Smucker • Mondelez International. STARBUCKS. Background. Founded in Seattle, Washington in 1971
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Processed and Packaged Goods Starbucks Corporation Module 3: Market Multiple Valuation Angie Zhao Starbucks •Green Mountain Coffee •J.M. Smucker • Mondelez International
Background • Founded in Seattle, Washington in 1971 • Premier roaster, marketer & retailer of specialty coffee • Americas, EMEA, China/Asia Pacific • 15.6% market share • Single-serve market - Verismo System • Litigation with Kraft ($2.8b)
Real-Time Data as of 1/24/2014 • Closing Price $74.98 • Market Capitalization $56.50b
Choosing a Performance Measure • Combining estimates • (NEA, BV, EPAT, NI, Sales) • Massive volatility across 3 companies • All are not primarily in the coffee business • Add an industry-specific measure: Sales
Valuation of Starbucks • Price estimate stood 54% lower than closing price on 2012 YE ($50.71), 69 % lower than closing price on Friday ($74.98) • Traded at 27x earnings • Overvalued the economic success of Starbucks
Valuation of Starbucks • Favorable opinion of investor community • May be attributed to • Acquisition of La Boulange (June 2012) • Acquisition of Teavana (Nov 2012) • Introduction of Verismo System • Past improvements of operating margins • 2013 16.51%, 2012 15.02%, 2011 14.77% • However, overvaluation cannot be justified otherwise
Recommendation • Sell • SBUX stock is vastly overvalued • Way higher than its intrinsic value
Confidence in My Valuation? • Not very confident • Simplicity • Lack of theoretical foundation of a true valuation model • Incomparability among peer companies • Starbucks also roasts its coffee • Coffee is not only primary product of Mondelezand Smuckers • Mondelez is a lot more massive