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Lou Whiteman

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Motley Fool Money
Starbucks Is Back, But Is It a Buy?

I mean, you get stuck in a Starbucks drive-thru for 30 minutes at times.

Motley Fool Money
Starbucks Is Back, But Is It a Buy?

Right.

Motley Fool Money
Starbucks Is Back, But Is It a Buy?

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Motley Fool Money
Starbucks Is Back, But Is It a Buy?

No, I mean, you are just stuck there.

Motley Fool Money
Starbucks Is Back, But Is It a Buy?

So, they do need to invest in all these problems.

Motley Fool Money
Starbucks Is Back, But Is It a Buy?

But again, just as an investor, I'm looking at margin growth, I'm looking at revenue growth, I'm looking at just the things you look for in a growth investment.

Motley Fool Money
Starbucks Is Back, But Is It a Buy?

I don't think they're ready to be just a stodgy old bank stock or something.

Motley Fool Money
Starbucks Is Back, But Is It a Buy?

I don't know what role it plays in a portfolio.

Motley Fool Money
Starbucks Is Back, But Is It a Buy?

I know what role it plays in my consumer life when I really want coffee.

Motley Fool Money
Starbucks Is Back, But Is It a Buy?

But that isn't a big enough hurdle.

Motley Fool Money
Starbucks Is Back, But Is It a Buy?

That isn't the hurdle I'm looking at as an investor.

Motley Fool Money
Starbucks Is Back, But Is It a Buy?

Charles, I just want to say, I want to push back at the premise here and comparing it to Tesla.

Motley Fool Money
Starbucks Is Back, But Is It a Buy?

Look, yes, they're beating Tesla.

Motley Fool Money
Starbucks Is Back, But Is It a Buy?

But they are losing to the S&P 500 over every period I can look at since the IPO.

Motley Fool Money
Starbucks Is Back, But Is It a Buy?

One of the things that has really plagued Detroit over the years is this obsession with Tesla versus the obsession of just running a good business.

Motley Fool Money
Starbucks Is Back, But Is It a Buy?

So I reject that as a bogey to shoot at.

Motley Fool Money
Starbucks Is Back, But Is It a Buy?

The whole industry would be better off if they just let Tesla do Tesla and focused on them.

Motley Fool Money
Starbucks Is Back, But Is It a Buy?

To Mary Bar's credit, I think that that's what they're doing.

Motley Fool Money
Starbucks Is Back, But Is It a Buy?

I think it was a fine quarter.

Motley Fool Money
Starbucks Is Back, But Is It a Buy?

It's a bounce back.