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In April 2026 Simon Erickson added NuScale Power back to the 7investing scorecard, three years after selling it. He called it a high-risk investment and said so on air. The results since show a company with $1.9 billion in cash, a negative gross margin, and $75,000 of revenue in a quarter.

Comparable store sales is the headline metric for every restaurant and retail chain — and on its own it hides the more important question. Using Starbucks' own disclosures, here is how to read the number properly.

In December 2025 Starbucks looked broadly unattractive: comps down, transactions down, repurchases halted. The verdict was still a long-term buy. Here is what the numbers said then, and what they say now.

Crude passed $100 a barrel in March 2026 for the first time since 2022, and the national average for gasoline went from $2.94 to $3.96 in four weeks. Here is what the official price series shows since — and why it lands on consumer discretionary companies.