Q2 Earnings Estimate for Shake Shack Issued By William Blair

Shake Shack Inc. (NYSE:SHAK) – Research analysts at William Blair dropped their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Shake Shack in a research report issued on Tuesday, April 22nd. William Blair analyst S. Zackfia now anticipates that the company will earn $0.29 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.31. The consensus estimate for Shake Shack’s current full-year earnings is $1.26 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Shake Shack’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.55 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also recently weighed in on SHAK. Truist Financial lowered their price objective on shares of Shake Shack from $154.00 to $131.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday. Gordon Haskett upgraded Shake Shack from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $154.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their target price on Shake Shack from $120.00 to $97.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 15th. UBS Group upped their price target on Shake Shack from $130.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Finally, Loop Capital raised Shake Shack from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $127.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 1st. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have assigned a hold rating, ten have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $118.29.

Shake Shack Trading Up 2.0 %

Shares of NYSE:SHAK opened at $89.77 on Thursday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $92.20 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $112.08. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 390.30 and a beta of 1.80. Shake Shack has a 52-week low of $72.93 and a 52-week high of $139.89. 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 (NYSE:SHAK) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The company reported $0.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.25 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $328.68 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $329.02 million. Shake Shack had a net margin of 0.81% and a return on equity of 8.40%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of SHAK. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Shake Shack by 1.1% during the 4th 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. Invesco Ltd. boosted its position 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 valued at $161,613,000 after buying an additional 292,348 shares during the period. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. grew its stake 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 valued at $116,078,000 after buying an additional 134,475 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its holdings in shares of Shake Shack by 2.6% in the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 760,595 shares of the company’s stock worth $98,726,000 after buying an additional 19,320 shares during the period. Finally, Wasatch Advisors LP lifted its stake in shares of Shake Shack by 1.8% during the 4th quarter. Wasatch Advisors LP now owns 566,425 shares of the company’s stock worth $73,522,000 after acquiring an additional 10,147 shares during the last quarter. 86.07% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.