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Compared to Estimates, Shake Shack (SHAK) Q3 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics
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Shake Shack (SHAK - Free Report) reported $367.41 million in revenue for the quarter ended September 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 15.9%. EPS of $0.36 for the same period compares to $0.25 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.09% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $363.46 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.31, the EPS surprise was +16.13%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Shake Shack performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
Shack counts - Licensed: 271 compared to the 273 average estimate based on nine analysts.
Same-Shack sales growth: 4.9% compared to the 2.8% average estimate based on nine analysts.
Shack counts - System-wide: 630 compared to the 633 average estimate based on nine analysts.
Shack counts - Domestic company-operated: 359 compared to the 360 average estimate based on nine analysts.
Shack counts - International licensed: 225 versus 226 estimated by seven analysts on average.
Shack counts - Domestic licensed: 46 versus 48 estimated by seven analysts on average.
Revenue- Licensing: $14.57 million versus $13.49 million estimated by 10 analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +21.1% change.
Revenue- Shack sales: $352.85 million compared to the $350.14 million average estimate based on 10 analysts. The reported number represents a change of +15.7% year over year.
Shack system-wide sales: $571.5 million compared to the $566.61 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +15.4% year over year.
Shares of Shake Shack have returned -2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.6% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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Compared to Estimates, Shake Shack (SHAK) Q3 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics
Shake Shack (SHAK - Free Report) reported $367.41 million in revenue for the quarter ended September 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 15.9%. EPS of $0.36 for the same period compares to $0.25 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.09% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $363.46 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.31, the EPS surprise was +16.13%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Shake Shack performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:View all Key Company Metrics for Shake Shack here>>>
Shares of Shake Shack have returned -2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.6% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.