Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) Reports In-Line EPS

Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) released its earnings numbers for the first three months of 2014 on Thursday afternoon after the bell rang on Wall Street. The company showed earnings per share of $0.56 for the quarter it records as its second of fiscal 2014. Revenue in the period came in at $3.9 billion. On Thursday's market, shares in Starbucks trended upward and finished the day at $71.09.

Analysts following Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) were looking for the company to show strong growth in the second quarter of 2014. The 26 analysts surveyed by Businessweek were looking for earnings of 56 cents per share from...