DBS sees earnings and Starbucks margin upside for DFI Retail
DBS keeps a buy rating on DFI Retail, citing Starbucks synergies in Asia and a $4.50 target price versus shares at $3.25 after a 0.3% rise.
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what happened
Newsmetry API reports that Zheng Feng Chee of DBS Group Research views DFI Retail Group’s earnings outlook and the prospects for higher margins at its Starbucks operations in certain Asian markets as favorable.
DFI management said the Starbucks businesses remain only lightly integrated with the group’s other operations. The analyst believes this leaves substantial room for future cost synergies. Management’s confident tone and renewed focus on “underpromising and overdelivering” gave DBS greater conviction that DFI can meet its short- and medium-term targets.
These factors support DBS’s forecasts. The bank retains its buy rating and US$4.50 target price for DFI Retail. Its valuation implies 13 times 2028 forward earnings and a 6% 2028 dividend yield. The shares rose 0.3% to US$3.25.
why it matters
The potential for cost synergies between Starbucks and DFI Retail’s other businesses is central to the market case, while DBS’s valuation is based on earnings and dividends projected for 2028.
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- DFI Retail's Earnings Outlook, Starbucks Margin Potential Seen Promising — Market Talk — Newsmetry API, 13 October 2026 at 03:15 UTC
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