Q1 EPS Estimates for Shake Shack Boosted by Zacks Research

Shake Shack Inc. (NYSE:SHAK) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q1 2026 earnings per share estimates for Shake Shack in a research note issued on Wednesday, January 8th. Zacks Research analyst H. Ray now expects that the company will earn $0.25 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.24. The consensus estimate for Shake Shack’s current full-year earnings is $0.82 per share.

A number of other brokerages have also recently issued reports on SHAK. UBS Group lifted their price objective on Shake Shack from $130.00 to $140.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Gordon Haskett raised Shake Shack from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $154.00 price target for the company in a research report on Wednesday, January 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated an “underweight” rating and issued a $102.00 price target (down previously from $105.00) on shares of Shake Shack in a research note on Tuesday, September 24th. TD Cowen restated a “buy” rating and set a $125.00 price objective on shares of Shake Shack in a research note on Wednesday, September 18th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on shares of Shake Shack from $115.00 to $128.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have given a hold rating, eight have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $122.89.

Shake Shack Price Performance

SHAK stock opened at $128.61 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a quick ratio of 1.98 and a current ratio of 2.01. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 756.53, a PEG ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.86. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $130.13 and a 200-day moving average price of $110.48. 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 earnings results on Wednesday, October 30th. The company reported $0.25 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.20 by $0.05. Shake Shack had a net margin of 0.68% and a return on equity of 6.28%. The firm had revenue of $316.92 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $316.03 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.17 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 14.7% compared to the same quarter last year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Shake Shack news, CFO Katherine Irene Fogertey sold 642 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated 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 owns 30,717 shares in the company, valued at $4,223,894.67. This represents a 2.05 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Daniel Harris Meyer sold 30,000 shares of Shake Shack stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $121.79, for a total value of $3,653,700.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 407,646 shares in the company, valued at approximately $49,647,206.34. The trade was a 6.85 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 53,333 shares of company stock valued at $6,566,330. Insiders own 9.73% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Shake Shack

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in SHAK. Quest Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Shake Shack during the second quarter worth about $38,000. Mowery & Schoenfeld Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Shake Shack during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $41,000. Kimelman & Baird LLC bought a new stake in shares of Shake Shack during the second quarter valued at approximately $45,000. Covestor Ltd lifted its holdings in shares of Shake Shack by 41.6% in the third quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 698 shares of the company’s stock worth $72,000 after buying an additional 205 shares in the last quarter. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Shake Shack by 56.3% in the fourth quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 736 shares of the company’s stock worth $96,000 after buying an additional 265 shares in 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.