Key Points Starbucks' comparable-store sales trends have been improving. The company's earnings and operating margin declined sharply year over year in the most recent quarter. At around 40 times forward earnings, a successful turnaround may already be priced in. 10 stocks we like better than Starbucks › Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is up about 14% year to date as of this writing -- a sharp move for a coffeehouse chain that spent much of the last year working through slower traffic and cost pressure. ...