Wedbush Has Bearish Forecast for Shake Shack Q1 Earnings

Shake Shack Inc. (NYSE:SHAK) – Equities research analysts at Wedbush cut their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Shake Shack in a research report issued to clients and investors on Friday, February 21st. Wedbush analyst N. Setyan now anticipates that the company will earn $0.18 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.25. Wedbush has a “Neutral” rating and a $125.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Shake Shack’s current full-year earnings is $1.26 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Shake Shack’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.32 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.32 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $1.33 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.26 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.42 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.42 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.51 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.60 EPS.

Several other analysts also recently issued reports on the company. Gordon Haskett upgraded Shake Shack from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $154.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Wednesday, January 8th. TD Securities restated a “buy” rating and set a $140.00 price objective on shares of Shake Shack in a report on Friday. Oppenheimer boosted their price objective on Shake Shack from $145.00 to $155.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price objective on Shake Shack from $128.00 to $110.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 17th. Finally, Barclays upgraded Shake Shack from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $125.00 to $159.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating and nine have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Shake Shack currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $125.50.

Shake Shack Price Performance

NYSE SHAK opened at $108.96 on Monday. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $121.79 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $116.52. The company has a current ratio of 1.97, a quick ratio of 1.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50. The company has a market cap of $4.63 billion, a PE ratio of 473.73 and a beta of 1.86. Shake Shack has a 1 year low of $77.50 and a 1 year high of $139.89.

Shake Shack (NYSE:SHAK) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The company reported $0.26 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.25 by $0.01. Shake Shack had a net margin of 0.81% and a return on equity of 8.40%. The firm 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 hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of SHAK. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio raised its stake in shares of Shake Shack by 9.4% in the fourth quarter. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio now owns 31,370 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,072,000 after purchasing an additional 2,690 shares in the last quarter. RB Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Shake Shack in the fourth quarter valued at $286,000. Woodline Partners LP raised its stake in shares of Shake Shack by 6.7% in the fourth quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 60,378 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,837,000 after purchasing an additional 3,809 shares in the last quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP raised its stake in shares of Shake Shack by 117.1% in the fourth quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP now owns 43,200 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,607,000 after purchasing an additional 23,300 shares in the last quarter. Finally, State of Wyoming raised its stake in shares of Shake Shack by 26.6% in the fourth quarter. State of Wyoming now owns 3,543 shares of the company’s stock valued at $460,000 after purchasing an additional 745 shares in the last quarter. 86.07% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

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. Company insiders own 9.73% of the company’s stock.

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.