In its Nov. 2 earnings report, Starbucks ( SBUX 1.49% ) reset long-held earnings per share targets, signaling to the market that it is not quite the high-growth world-beater it once was. That sent the stock down hard in after-hours trading. However, when the market digested how the company is transitioning to the next phase as a public company, sentiment turned, and the stock finished the week roughly 2% higher.