Shake Shack FY2025 EPS Forecast Increased by Zacks Research

Shake Shack Inc. (NYSE:SHAK) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research raised their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of Shake Shack in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, March 6th. Zacks Research analyst H. Ray now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $1.26 for the year, up from their prior estimate of $1.24. 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 $0.48 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $1.87 EPS.

A number of other analysts have also recently commented on SHAK. Gordon Haskett upgraded shares of Shake Shack from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $154.00 target price for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. UBS Group lifted their target price on shares of Shake Shack from $130.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price target on shares of Shake Shack from $128.00 to $110.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 17th. Barclays raised shares of Shake Shack from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their price target for the stock from $125.00 to $159.00 in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Finally, TD Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $140.00 target price on shares of Shake Shack in a report on Friday, February 21st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a hold rating and nine have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $125.50.

Shake Shack Stock Down 5.6 %

NYSE:SHAK opened at $93.57 on Friday. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $118.09 and its 200-day simple moving average is $116.57. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.98 billion, a P/E ratio of 406.83 and a beta of 1.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50, a quick ratio of 1.98 and a current ratio of 1.97. Shake Shack has a fifty-two week low of $77.50 and a fifty-two week high of $139.89.

Shake Shack (NYSE:SHAK) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The company reported $0.26 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.25 by $0.01. Shake Shack had a net margin of 0.81% and a return on equity of 8.40%. The business had revenue of $328.68 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $329.02 million.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Shake Shack

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of SHAK. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Shake Shack by 1.1% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,426,015 shares of the company’s stock worth $574,497,000 after purchasing an additional 49,883 shares during the period. State Street Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Shake Shack by 3.5% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,452,736 shares of the company’s stock worth $149,937,000 after purchasing an additional 49,324 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of Shake Shack by 30.7% during the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,245,093 shares of the company’s stock worth $161,613,000 after purchasing an additional 292,348 shares during the period. Holocene Advisors LP lifted its holdings in shares of Shake Shack by 68.3% during the third quarter. Holocene Advisors LP now owns 946,350 shares of the company’s stock worth $97,673,000 after purchasing an additional 384,131 shares during the period. Finally, Balyasny Asset Management L.P. lifted its holdings in shares of Shake Shack by 17.7% during the fourth quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. now owns 894,286 shares of the company’s stock worth $116,078,000 after purchasing an additional 134,475 shares during the period. 86.07% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at Shake Shack

In other news, CFO Katherine Irene Fogertey sold 642 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $137.51, for a total value of $88,281.42. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 30,717 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,223,894.67. This represents a 2.05 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 9.73% of the stock is currently owned by corporate 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.