Shake Shack FY2026 EPS Forecast Lifted by Zacks Research

Shake Shack Inc. (NYSE:SHAK) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research lifted their FY2026 EPS estimates for shares of Shake Shack in a report issued on Tuesday, December 10th. Zacks Research analyst H. Ray now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $1.38 per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of $1.33. The consensus estimate for Shake Shack’s current full-year earnings is $0.82 per share.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports on the stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “hold” rating and issued a $115.00 target price on shares of Shake Shack in a research report on Wednesday, August 28th. Truist Financial raised their target price on Shake Shack from $127.00 to $144.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Piper Sandler lowered shares of Shake Shack from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and cut their target price for the company from $121.00 to $114.00 in a research report on Monday, August 19th. TD Cowen reissued a “buy” rating and set a $125.00 price target on shares of Shake Shack in a research note on Wednesday, September 18th. Finally, Oppenheimer boosted their price objective on shares of Shake Shack from $122.00 to $135.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, October 28th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have issued a hold rating, six have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $112.94.

Shake Shack Trading Down 2.4 %

Shares of SHAK stock opened at $131.62 on Thursday. Shake Shack has a 12-month low of $64.16 and a 12-month high of $139.89. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $122.41 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $104.82. The company has a quick ratio of 1.98, a current ratio of 2.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51. The company has a market capitalization of $5.59 billion, a PE ratio of 774.24, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.97 and a beta of 1.85.

Shake Shack (NYSE:SHAK) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 30th. The company reported $0.25 EPS 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 company had revenue of $316.92 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $316.03 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.17 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 14.7% on a year-over-year basis.

Insider Activity

In other Shake Shack news, CFO Katherine Irene Fogertey sold 321 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $103.93, for a total transaction of $33,361.53. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 36,180 shares in the company, valued at $3,760,187.40. The trade was a 0.88 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Daniel Harris Meyer sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, October 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $110.08, for a total value of $1,100,800.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 460,337 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $50,673,896.96. The trade was a 2.13 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 63,754 shares of company stock worth $7,711,497 in the last three months. Company insiders own 9.73% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Shake Shack

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. State Street Corp grew its position in shares of Shake Shack by 3.5% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,452,736 shares of the company’s stock valued at $149,937,000 after acquiring an additional 49,324 shares during the period. Holocene Advisors LP increased its stake in Shake Shack by 68.3% during the third quarter. Holocene Advisors LP now owns 946,350 shares of the company’s stock worth $97,673,000 after acquiring an additional 384,131 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of Shake Shack by 3.1% during the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 876,380 shares of the company’s stock valued at $90,470,000 after acquiring an additional 26,620 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its holdings in shares of Shake Shack by 9.0% in the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 801,003 shares of the company’s stock valued at $72,088,000 after purchasing an additional 66,090 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Point72 Asset Management L.P. grew its stake in shares of Shake Shack by 154.8% in the third quarter. Point72 Asset Management L.P. now owns 650,685 shares of the company’s stock worth $67,157,000 after acquiring an additional 395,311 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.07% of the company’s stock.

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.