Q1 Earnings Estimate for Shake Shack Issued By William Blair

Shake Shack Inc. (NYSE:SHAK) – Investment analysts at William Blair issued their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Shake Shack in a research report issued on Wednesday, January 8th. William Blair analyst S. Zackfia anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.17 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Shake Shack’s current full-year earnings is $0.82 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Shake Shack’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.30 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.43 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $1.11 EPS.

SHAK has been the subject of a number of other research reports. UBS Group lifted their price target on shares of Shake Shack from $130.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Barclays upgraded shares of Shake Shack from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and upped their target price for the company from $125.00 to $159.00 in a research note on Tuesday. TD Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $125.00 price target on shares of Shake Shack in a research note on Wednesday, September 18th. Oppenheimer upped their price objective on Shake Shack from $145.00 to $155.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated an “underweight” rating and issued a $102.00 target price (down previously from $105.00) on shares of Shake Shack in a research report on Tuesday, September 24th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating, eight have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $122.59.

Shake Shack Stock Performance

Shares of SHAK opened at $132.62 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $5.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 780.12, a PEG ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.86. The company has a quick ratio of 1.98, a current ratio of 2.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51. The business’s 50 day moving average is $129.82 and its two-hundred day moving average is $109.73. Shake Shack has a 52-week low of $64.16 and a 52-week high of $139.89.

Shake Shack (NYSE:SHAK) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 30th. The company reported $0.25 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.20 by $0.05. Shake Shack had a return on equity of 6.28% and a net margin of 0.68%. The business had revenue of $316.92 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $316.03 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.17 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 14.7% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Trading of Shake Shack

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Xponance Inc. boosted its position in Shake Shack by 4.5% during the 2nd quarter. Xponance Inc. now owns 2,395 shares of the company’s stock worth $216,000 after acquiring an additional 103 shares during the period. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans lifted its stake in shares of Shake Shack by 0.4% in the third quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 31,398 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,241,000 after buying an additional 139 shares during the period. Brighton Jones LLC grew its stake in shares of Shake Shack by 1.1% in the 2nd quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 17,909 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,612,000 after purchasing an additional 187 shares during the period. Arizona State Retirement System grew its holdings in shares of Shake Shack by 1.9% in the 2nd quarter. Arizona State Retirement System now owns 10,500 shares of the company’s stock worth $945,000 after purchasing an additional 196 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Glenmede Trust Co. NA increased its holdings in Shake Shack by 1.5% during the 3rd quarter. Glenmede Trust Co. NA now owns 13,293 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,372,000 after purchasing an additional 199 shares in the last quarter. 86.07% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Shake Shack

In other news, Director Daniel Harris Meyer sold 30,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, November 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $121.79, for a total value of $3,653,700.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 407,646 shares in the company, valued at $49,647,206.34. This represents a 6.85 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CFO Katherine Irene Fogertey sold 642 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $137.51, for a total value of $88,281.42. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 30,717 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,223,894.67. This represents a 2.05 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 53,333 shares of company stock worth $6,566,330 in the last three months. 9.73% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

About Shake Shack

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.