William Blair Predicts Shake Shack’s Q1 Earnings (NYSE:SHAK)

Shake Shack Inc. (NYSE:SHAK) – Investment analysts at William Blair issued their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Shake Shack in a report issued on Wednesday, January 8th. William Blair analyst S. Zackfia expects that the company will earn $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 several other reports. Oppenheimer increased their price objective on Shake Shack from $145.00 to $155.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday. TD Cowen reissued a “buy” rating and set a $125.00 price target on shares of Shake Shack in a report on Wednesday, September 18th. Truist Financial upped their price objective on Shake Shack from $147.00 to $149.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday. UBS Group increased their price target on Shake Shack from $130.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Gordon Haskett raised shares of Shake Shack from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $154.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating, eight have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $122.59.

Shake Shack Trading Up 0.4 %

Shares of Shake Shack stock opened at $132.62 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 2.01, a quick ratio of 1.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $129.82 and a 200-day simple moving average of $109.73. The stock 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. Shake Shack has a 12-month low of $64.16 and a 12-month high of $139.89.

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Shake Shack

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Rhumbline Advisers increased its stake in Shake Shack by 1.5% during the 2nd quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 106,272 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,564,000 after buying an additional 1,523 shares during the period. TD Asset Management Inc increased its position in shares of Shake Shack by 6.1% during the second quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 21,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,890,000 after acquiring an additional 1,200 shares during the last quarter. Arizona State Retirement System lifted its stake in shares of Shake Shack by 1.9% in the second quarter. Arizona State Retirement System now owns 10,500 shares of the company’s stock worth $945,000 after acquiring an additional 196 shares in the last quarter. Quest Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Shake Shack in the second quarter worth about $38,000. Finally, Texas Permanent School Fund Corp boosted its holdings in Shake Shack by 6.6% in the second quarter. Texas Permanent School Fund Corp now owns 34,977 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,148,000 after purchasing an additional 2,162 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.07% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Shake Shack

In other Shake Shack news, CFO Katherine Irene Fogertey sold 642 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $137.51, for a total transaction of $88,281.42. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 30,717 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,223,894.67. The trade was a 2.05 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Daniel Harris Meyer sold 30,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the director now owns 407,646 shares in the company, valued at approximately $49,647,206.34. This trade represents a 6.85 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 53,333 shares of company stock worth $6,566,330. 9.73% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.