Shake Shack (NYSE:SHAK) Price Target Raised to $125.00

Shake Shack (NYSE:SHAK) had its price objective hoisted by Wedbush from $115.00 to $125.00 in a research note released on Friday,Benzinga reports. Wedbush currently has a neutral rating on the stock. Wedbush also issued estimates for Shake Shack’s Q1 2025 earnings at $0.18 EPS, 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.

A number of other analysts have also commented on SHAK. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price target on shares of Shake Shack from $128.00 to $110.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, January 17th. Barclays raised shares of Shake Shack from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $125.00 to $159.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. Gordon Haskett upgraded shares of Shake Shack from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $154.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Wednesday, January 8th. UBS Group upped their target price on shares of Shake Shack from $130.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. Finally, Oppenheimer lifted their price objective on Shake Shack from $145.00 to $155.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have given a hold rating and nine have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $125.50.

Shake Shack Stock Performance

NYSE SHAK opened at $108.96 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 473.73 and a beta of 1.86. The company has a current ratio of 1.97, a quick ratio of 1.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50. Shake Shack has a 1 year low of $77.50 and a 1 year high of $139.89. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $121.79 and its 200 day simple moving average is $116.52.

Shake Shack (NYSE:SHAK) last posted its 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. 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 analyst estimates of $329.02 million. As a group, research analysts expect that Shake Shack will post 1.26 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Shake Shack

In related news, CFO Katherine Irene Fogertey sold 642 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction 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 sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 30,717 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,223,894.67. This represents a 2.05 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Corporate insiders own 9.73% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Louisiana State Employees Retirement System lifted its holdings in shares of Shake Shack by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. Louisiana State Employees Retirement System now owns 19,400 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,518,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares during the last quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC boosted its holdings in Shake Shack by 5.6% in the fourth quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC now owns 1,870 shares of the company’s stock worth $243,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans boosted its holdings in Shake Shack by 0.4% in the third quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 31,398 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,241,000 after acquiring an additional 139 shares in the last quarter. Summit Financial LLC grew its stake in shares of Shake Shack by 1.1% in the fourth quarter. Summit Financial LLC now owns 13,083 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,698,000 after acquiring an additional 139 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Arizona State Retirement System increased its holdings in shares of Shake Shack by 1.7% during the fourth quarter. Arizona State Retirement System now owns 11,024 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,431,000 after acquiring an additional 182 shares in the last quarter. 86.07% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.