Wedbush Comments on Shake Shack’s Q1 Earnings (NYSE:SHAK)

Shake Shack Inc. (NYSE:SHAK) – Equities research analysts at Wedbush decreased their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Shake Shack in a research report issued on Friday, February 21st. Wedbush analyst N. Setyan now expects that the company will earn $0.18 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.25. Wedbush currently has a “Neutral” rating and a $125.00 target price 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.

Shake Shack (NYSE:SHAK) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The company reported $0.26 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.25 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $328.68 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $329.02 million. Shake Shack had a net margin of 0.81% and a return on equity of 8.40%.

A number of other analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Gordon Haskett upgraded shares of Shake Shack from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $154.00 price target for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Truist Financial raised their target price on shares of Shake Shack from $143.00 to $154.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 21st. Oppenheimer raised their target price on shares of Shake Shack from $145.00 to $155.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. UBS Group raised their price target on shares of Shake Shack from $130.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Finally, Barclays raised shares of Shake Shack from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their price target for the stock from $125.00 to $159.00 in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a hold rating and nine have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $125.50.

Shake Shack Stock Down 4.1 %

Shares of NYSE:SHAK opened at $110.87 on Monday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $121.10 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $116.68. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50, a quick ratio of 1.98 and a current ratio of 1.97. Shake Shack has a 52 week low of $77.50 and a 52 week high of $139.89. The company has a market capitalization of $4.71 billion, a PE ratio of 482.03 and a beta of 1.86.

Insider Buying and Selling at Shake Shack

In related news, CFO Katherine Irene Fogertey sold 642 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $137.51, for a total transaction of $88,281.42. Following 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 sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 9.73% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. GDS Wealth Management increased its holdings in shares of Shake Shack by 253.6% in the 4th quarter. GDS Wealth Management now owns 14,277 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,853,000 after acquiring an additional 10,239 shares during the period. Fisher Asset Management LLC raised its position in shares of Shake Shack by 4.8% during the 3rd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 354,114 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,548,000 after acquiring an additional 16,097 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its position in Shake Shack by 7.5% in the third quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 353,501 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,485,000 after buying an additional 24,813 shares during the period. FMR LLC increased its holdings in shares of Shake Shack by 3.6% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 243,549 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,137,000 after purchasing an additional 8,512 shares during the period. Finally, Jennison Associates LLC boosted its stake in Shake Shack by 10.8% during the third quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 294,111 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,355,000 after buying an additional 28,661 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors 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.