Just like all the other major corporations and chains operating in the US, Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) has reported its annual earnings, including its fourth quarterly earnings, for the year 2014. The company has performed well in 2014 overall, hence expectations seem to be high with the earnings report that the coffee-making giant will project for the first quarter of 2015.

Therefore, it seems impractical to even suggest that the earnings report which would be released would impress any Wall Street professional. However, it can disappoint some very easily, with even a slightly disappointing figure in its annual earnings report. But, considering how strongly Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) has performed in the recent quarters, high expectations from the company are absolutely justified.

A high earnings figure means only good news for the investors of the company, including shareholders who have bought shares for the same at the NASDAQ stock exchange. Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) has performed considerably well in all the four quarters of the previous year, and so expectations from its first quarter earnings for 2015 are extravagantly high.

According to financial analysts, earnings for the first quarter 2015 should be around the figure of $0.80 per every share being traded at the NASDAQ stock exchange, which would be up from the figure last year, which stood around $0.71. This increase in earnings per share, according to analysts, would be, in large part, because of the 13% increase expected in revenue that the company has made. Revenue for the first quarter of 2015 stands at around $4.80 billion according to expectations.

These expectations, though are very positive, do not bring anything new to the table. Accrording to the figures which have already been released by Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) in its projected financial reports for the first quarter of 2015, earnings for the quarter were estimated to stand in between $0.79 to $0.81 for every share listed on the stock exchange.

Analyst expectations and estimates stand in the mid-range of this earlier prediction made by Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) itself, which makes the high expectations by them absolutely reasonable and justified. Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX), in its projected financial statements, also included an increase of $0.43 to $0.49 in gains from the acquisition of the 60% of the Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) chain in Japan, that the company currently does not own.

The company does not really own almost 60% of its chain being operated in Japan, and, as specified in its earlier financial statements, it plans to acquire that 60% this year in order to bring the entire Japanese market under its flagship.

With full control over the Japanese market, Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) hopes it would be able to grow and take full advantage of the market, becoming an important revenue source for the company in the international spectrum.The company is already performing extremely well in the US and UK. With consistent product diversification, it has captured a significant market share in both the markets.

Hence, with a good revenue generation plan, it does not seem that Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) would disappoint Wall Street at all. In fact, the company may end up surprising investors and market analysts with its financial reports, although that is highly unlikely due to the already high expectations.

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