Starbucks Corporation (SBUX): "I Have Been A Huge Beleiver," Says Jim Cramer

We recently published 10 Stocks Jim Cramer Discussed As He Asserted He Could Beat The Government’s Numbers. Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer recently discussed.

Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX)’s stock has run into trouble in 2025 as it has gained a modest 2% year-to-date. Investors are concerned about the pace at which the firm’s turnaround efforts are yielding results. In his previous comments about Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX), Cramer has defended the firm and its CEO, Brian Niccol. He kept up with the defense this time as well:

“I have been a huge believer and my charitable trust, I’m talking about this tomorrow at our monthly meeting, that Brian is being sold short. Brian Niccol, because, the throughput was what he had to cure first. It’s kind of like Lip-Bu Tan, he had to, you know, get the balance sheet first. It’s throughput that has to be, and he is fixing throughput. I don’t know when you last time went to Starbucks, but you’re gonna find that they’re four minutes. It used to be like fifteen, twenty minutes. And now it’s four minutes. The airports have been just ridiculous. He even got the service at the airports, which was something that I complained about endlessly.”

Cramer discussed Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) in detail earlier. Here is what he said:

“Even though the headline numbers were weaker than expected, I found the overall results to be pretty encouraging. Keep in mind, Starbucks has been a long-term holding for my Charitable Trust, not always a good holding, but for the past year, ever since they poached Brian Niccol from Chipotle to take over as CEO, stock’s been doing much better…

When the company reported in late April, they posted a top and bottom line miss with some of their worst numbers coming from the United States business, sparking fears that the turnaround could be further out than we thought. Now, look, I remain a believer. I told investing club members to be a big buyer, but things did feel pretty grim…

And that’s what I found most encouraging about the Starbucks quarter, management’s plan for improving the core business here at home. They’re already showing some really promising results… At the end of the day, nothing else matters for Starbucks if it can’t turn the US business around. Now, they’ve gotten a proven way to make that happen. There was plenty of other positive news too…

… Putting it all together, I think it was a very positive quarter, even if the stock was all over the map today. I didn’t want to take my cue from the stock. It seemed to have more to do with the Federal Reserve. Well, that’s a little ridiculous. But don’t worry about these short-term swings, which were kind of a microcosm of the stock’s whole first year under Niccol’s leadership. Focus on what matters, the long-term turnaround plan, which is going well ahead of schedule. The bottom line: If Brian Niccol keeps delivering on the turnaround front, I bet Starbucks and its shareholders will be huge winners. That’s still my expectation here, and I feel even better about it tonight than I did last night before the company reported.”

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