Q4 EPS Estimates for Shake Shack Increased by Zacks Research

Shake Shack Inc. (NYSE:SHAK - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Zacks Research raised their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for Shake Shack in a research note issued on Thursday, May 15th. Zacks Research analyst H. Ray now forecasts that the company will earn $0.50 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.46. The consensus estimate for Shake Shack's current full-year earnings is $1.26 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Shake Shack's Q4 2026 earnings at $0.53 EPS.

Shake Shack (NYSE:SHAK - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, May 1st. The company reported $0.14 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.16 by ($0.02). The business had revenue of $320.90 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $330.24 million. Shake Shack had a return on equity of 8.40% and a net margin of 0.81%. Shake Shack's quarterly revenue was up 10.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.13 earnings per share.

SHAK has been the subject of a number of other reports. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their target price on Shake Shack from $120.00 to $97.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, April 15th. TD Securities reiterated a "hold" rating and issued a $105.00 price objective on shares of Shake Shack in a research note on Monday. Truist Financial boosted their price objective on Shake Shack from $134.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 15th. Raymond James reaffirmed a "strong-buy" rating and issued a $140.00 target price (down previously from $145.00) on shares of Shake Shack in a report on Friday, May 2nd. Finally, Wedbush lifted their price target on shares of Shake Shack from $115.00 to $125.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Friday, February 21st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have given a hold rating, seven have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $113.40.

Shake Shack Stock Down 2.5%

Shares of NYSE:SHAK traded down $2.90 during trading on Monday, hitting $114.34. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,185,637 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,143,358. Shake Shack has a fifty-two week low of $72.93 and a fifty-two week high of $139.89. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $93.03 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $111.05. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50, a quick ratio of 1.98 and a current ratio of 1.97. The company has a market capitalization of $4.88 billion, a PE ratio of 497.11 and a beta of 1.61.

Institutional Trading of Shake Shack

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. GDS Wealth Management increased its position in Shake Shack by 253.6% during the fourth quarter. GDS Wealth Management now owns 14,277 shares of the company's stock worth $1,853,000 after buying an additional 10,239 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. grew its position in shares of Shake Shack by 2.4% during the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 361,930 shares of the company's stock worth $46,979,000 after acquiring an additional 8,429 shares during the last quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Shake Shack in the 4th quarter valued at $260,000. Janus Henderson Group PLC increased its holdings in shares of Shake Shack by 6.2% in the 4th quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 17,064 shares of the company's stock valued at $2,216,000 after acquiring an additional 1,000 shares during the period. Finally, Rhumbline Advisers raised its position in Shake Shack by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 106,129 shares of the company's stock valued at $13,776,000 after purchasing an additional 278 shares during the last quarter. 86.07% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Shake Shack Company Profile

Shake Shack Inc owns, operates, and licenses Shake Shack restaurants (Shacks) in the United States and internationally. Its Shacks offers hamburgers, chicken, hot dogs, crinkle cut fries, shakes, frozen custard, beer, wine, and other products. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in New York, New York.