Company Analysis

Shake Shack Inc. (SHAK)

NYSE: SHAK · Retail-Eating & Drinking Places · New York, NY · filing with the SEC since 2014
Grade5.2
◀ Past 3.2● Present 5.4▶ Future 6.5

The grade of Shake Shack Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.2/10
◀ Past3.225% of the headline
● Present5.445% of the headline
▶ Future6.530% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.2/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
1.9/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2024-02-26.

weight 45% of this tense · 19th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Shake Shack Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 3 warning events of 2 kinds: a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, 2 times, the latest 2024-02-26); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2024-02-26) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
4.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+19% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 5 of 9.

weight 33% of this tense · 47th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Shake Shack Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $359 million in fiscal 2017 to $1.4 billion in fiscal 2025, up 19% a year; it rose in 7 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 12% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 5 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span19.0%bottom 44% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 44% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 44% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak12.1%bottom 44% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 2.2% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 6 sales, 9 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 38th percentile among 5 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Shake Shack Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 2.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 6 sales (6 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 9 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $3 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 50% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.4/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 8%: 8¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 71%: owes 71¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 58th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Shake Shack Inc. earned about 8 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 71 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 5.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 31% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 42% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 50% of 8 in its family; net margin 3.2%.

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Shake Shack Inc.'s standing among 8 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.4 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 50% by size; a net margin of 3.2% ranks in the bottom 44%; revenue growth of 17% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 44% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.45Btop 50% of its family
  • net margin3.2%bottom 44% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth17.0%top 44% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 48% of 6 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 22% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Shake Shack Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Lynch, Robert (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-05-28, 2.5 years (top 25% of its family); the 13 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.5 years (top 42%); 13 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 13 people in charge now (bottom 21%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge13 in three years among 13 peoplebottom 21% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed3.5 yearstop 42% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.5 yearstop 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 37% of 8 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 8 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Shake Shack Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $360 million against debt of $248 million leaves 5.9% of its assets as net cash, top 31% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 3.9% of revenue (top 44%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets5.9%top 31% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue3.9%top 44% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 40% of 8 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 60th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Shake Shack Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 17% a year over the last three filed years against 19% over all 9, slowing (top 31% of its family); the newest year grew 15.1% (top 31%); capital spending grew 5.2% a year (bottom 44%) (its annual reports). Shake Shack Inc. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Shack Sales at $1.4 billion (96%), Sales Based Royalties at $52 million (4%), Initial Territory and Opening Fees at $3 million (0%); 3 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-2.0 points a yeartop 31% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth15.1%top 31% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending5.2%bottom 44% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
7.2/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 28% of 6 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Shake Shack Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.4 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 2.2% below the $1.5 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 42% of its family); net income of $46 million against a prior three-year average of $3 million (top 17%); a net margin of 3.2% against 0.1% before (top 25%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-2.2%top 42% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' averagefive times its prior average or moretop 17% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+3.1 pointstop 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton SHAK · research, not advice