William Blair Predicts Shake Shack’s Q3 Earnings (NYSE:SHAK)

Shake Shack Inc. (NYSE:SHAK) – Analysts at William Blair issued their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Shake Shack in a report released on Wednesday, January 8th. William Blair analyst S. Zackfia expects that the company will earn $0.21 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 FY2026 earnings at $1.25 EPS.

SHAK has been the topic of a number of other reports. Oppenheimer raised 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. Gordon Haskett raised 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 report on Wednesday. UBS Group boosted their price objective on Shake Shack from $130.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday. TD Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $125.00 price target on shares of Shake Shack in a report on Wednesday, September 18th. Finally, Barclays raised shares of Shake Shack from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $125.00 to $159.00 in a research report on Tuesday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating, eight have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $122.89.

Shake Shack Price Performance

Shares of SHAK opened at $128.61 on Friday. 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 cap of $5.46 billion, a PE ratio of 756.53, a PEG ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.86. Shake Shack has a twelve month low of $64.16 and a twelve month high of $139.89. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $130.04 and its 200 day moving average price is $109.89.

Shake Shack (NYSE:SHAK) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 30th. The company reported $0.25 earnings per share (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 during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $316.03 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.17 earnings per share. Shake Shack’s quarterly revenue was up 14.7% compared to the same quarter last year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CFO Katherine Irene Fogertey sold 642 shares of the firm’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 sale, the chief financial officer now owns 30,717 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,223,894.67. This trade represents a 2.05 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Daniel Harris Meyer sold 30,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred 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 sale, the director now directly owns 407,646 shares of the company’s stock, 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. Insiders sold 53,333 shares of company stock worth $6,566,330 in the last quarter. Insiders own 9.73% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Shake Shack

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Quest Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Shake Shack during the 2nd quarter worth about $38,000. Mowery & Schoenfeld Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in Shake Shack during the third quarter worth $41,000. Kimelman & Baird LLC acquired a new stake in Shake Shack in the second quarter valued at $45,000. Covestor Ltd increased its stake in shares of Shake Shack by 41.6% during the 3rd quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 698 shares of the company’s stock worth $72,000 after purchasing an additional 205 shares during the last quarter. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its stake in Shake Shack by 56.3% in the 4th quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 736 shares of the company’s stock valued at $96,000 after purchasing an additional 265 shares during the last quarter. 86.07% of the stock is owned by 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.