First we will consider connecting batteries in series for greater voltage: We know that the current is equal at all points in a series circuit, so whatever amount of current there is in any one of the series-connected batteries must be the same for all the others as well.
Shares of Starbucks were down 1% at $50.34 Tuesday morning, in a 52-week trading range of $34.57 to $52.09. The stock has a consensus analyst price target of $54.42.
This goal is substantially above SBUX's current market capitalization of $59 billion and a very long way from SBUX's $5 billion market capitalization in November 2008. Back in 2008, with a recession in the U.S. and around much of the world, Howard Schulz, the current CEO, rejoined SBUX on a day-to-day basis.