Is coffee an aphrodisiac? Investors sure love a good caffeine rush from Starbucks (SBUX).
The stock is near an all-time high. CEO Howard Schultz is a hero to shareholders.
And Starbucks is morphing more into a tech company as well. Its payment platform is huge and Starbucks recently hired a former veteran of Juniper (JNPR), IBM (IBM) and Microsoft (MSFT) to be its new COO.
So even if the thought of another pumpkin-spiced drink makes you cringe, you have to respect what the company has done over the past few years.
