Shake Shack Inc. (SHAK) Key Metrics

NYSE: SHAKValuation, returns, debt and efficiency ratios over 10 years.

SHAK valuation today

Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026
Market cap
$2.99B
Enterprise value
$2.99B
P/E (TTM)
73.7
10-yr median 92.1
Forward P/E
41.7
PEG ratio
2.98
Price / sales
1.9
10-yr median 3.1
Price / book
4.3
10-yr median 6.4
EV / EBITDA
16.4
10-yr median 32.6
Dividend yield
—
Beta
1.68

SHAK key metrics, 2016–2025

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollars

SHAK valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.

P/E ratio−86.8%
74.3
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 67.42018: 87.32019: 96.9 (+11.0%)2023: 160.62024: 562.1 (+250.1%)2025: 74.3 (−86.8%)
20162025
Price / sales−48.7%
2.4
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 3.1 (+10.7%)2017: 3.1 (−0.3%)2018: 2.9 (−7.4%)2019: 3.2 (+12.0%)2020: 6.0 (+86.3%)2021: 3.8 (−36.7%)2022: 1.8 (−52.5%)2023: 3.0 (+65.3%)2024: 4.6 (+53.1%)2025: 2.4 (−48.7%)
20162025
Price / book−47.0%
6.5
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 4.2 (+21.6%)2017: 5.0 (+19.5%)2018: 4.8 (−2.7%)2019: 6.4 (+32.7%)2020: 7.7 (+20.2%)2021: 6.9 (−10.9%)2022: 4.0 (−42.6%)2023: 7.3 (+85.6%)2024: 12.2 (+66.4%)2025: 6.5 (−47.0%)
20162025
EV / EBITDA−57.8%
21.7
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 19.5 (−31.2%)2017: 6.2 (−68.4%)2018: 21.8 (+254.5%)2019: 31.9 (+46.0%)2020: 599.9 (+1,782.1%)2021: 70.2 (−88.3%)2022: 39.6 (−43.7%)2023: 33.4 (−15.6%)2024: 51.5 (+54.2%)2025: 21.7 (−57.8%)
20162025
Price / free cash flow−62.6%
60.1
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2017: 119.62024: 160.92025: 60.1 (−62.6%)
20162025
Free cash flow yield+1.0 pts
1.7%
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: −0.0% (−1.7 pts)2017: 0.8% (+0.9 pts)2018: −0.2% (−1.0 pts)2019: −0.9% (−0.7 pts)2020: −1.0% (−0.1 pts)2021: −1.5% (−0.5 pts)2022: −4.0% (−2.5 pts)2023: −0.4% (+3.6 pts)2024: 0.6% (+1.1 pts)2025: 1.7% (+1.0 pts)
20162025

SHAK valuation history

Fiscal year-endToday10-year median

SHAK returns on capital

ROEROICROA

Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.

SHAK debt vs cash

Total debtCash & short-term investments

Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.

SHAK cash returned to shareholders

DividendsBuybacksFree cash flow

SHAK price vs earnings per share

Share price at year-endEPS (right axis)

SHAK key metrics

2016–2025
Shake Shack Inc. key metrics by fiscal year
2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Valuation
Market capitalization$3.40B$5.74B$3.25B$1.63B$2.82B$3.15B$1.92B$1.33B$1.12B$839.2M
Enterprise value$3.94B$6.23B$3.73B$2.04B$3.12B$3.35B$2.19B$1.36B$1.13B$845.6M
P/E ratio74.3562.1160.6———96.987.3—67.4
Price / sales2.44.63.01.83.86.03.22.93.13.1
Price / book6.512.27.34.06.97.76.44.85.04.2
Price / free cash flow60.1160.9——————119.6—
Price / operating cash flow15.333.524.621.248.384.321.415.515.815.5
EV / sales2.75.03.42.34.26.43.73.03.23.1
EV / EBITDA21.751.533.439.670.2599.931.921.86.219.5
EV / free cash flow69.7174.6——————121.0—
Earnings yield1.3%0.2%0.6%−1.3%−0.2%−1.3%1.0%1.1%−0.0%1.5%
Free cash flow yield1.7%0.6%−0.4%−4.0%−1.5%−1.0%−0.9%−0.2%0.8%−0.0%
Dividend yield———0.1%0.1%0.1%0.4%0.1%0.2%0.0%
Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks)——0.1%0.2%0.2%0.1%0.5%0.1%0.2%0.0%
Share price at fiscal year-end$81.17$129.80$74.12$41.53$72.16$84.78$59.57$45.42$43.20$35.79
Per share
Revenue per share$34.54$28.34$24.77$22.95$18.93$14.08$18.43$15.74$13.87$11.45
Earnings per share$1.09$0.23$0.46−$0.54−$0.12−$1.14$0.61$0.52−$0.01$0.53
Operating cash flow per share$5.31$3.87$3.01$1.96$1.49$1.01$2.78$2.93$2.74$2.32
Free cash flow per share$1.35$0.81−$0.32−$1.68−$1.10−$0.85−$0.53−$0.07$0.36−$0.01
Cash per share$8.61$7.26$6.68$7.93$9.78$4.95$2.28$0.85$0.83$0.49
Book value per share$12.55$10.63$10.10$10.51$10.48$10.97$9.27$9.37$8.68$8.59
Tangible book value per share$12.50$10.59$10.06$10.46$10.44$10.93$9.22$9.33$8.64$8.56
Dividends per share———$0.05$0.08$0.05$0.24$0.03$0.09$0.00
Capex per share$3.96$3.07$3.33$3.63$2.60$1.86$3.30$3.00$2.38$2.32
Debt per share$21.56$18.32$17.57$18.36$17.56$10.37$10.56$1.97$1.32$0.77
Shares outstanding41.8M44.2M43.9M39.2M39.1M37.1M32.3M29.2M25.9M23.4M
Change in shares outstanding−5.3%+0.7%+11.9%+0.4%+5.3%+15.1%+10.5%+12.8%+10.4%+72.6%
Returns & profitability
Return on equity (ROE)9.2%2.2%4.7%−5.2%−1.1%−11.9%6.9%6.1%−0.2%6.9%
Return on invested capital (ROIC)5.8%0.2%0.7%−2.8%−1.9%−5.9%5.2%8.3%7.6%14.0%
Return on assets (ROA)2.5%0.6%1.3%−1.4%−0.4%−4.0%2.5%2.8%−0.1%2.7%
Return on tangible assets2.4%0.6%1.3%−1.4%−0.3%−3.7%2.0%2.5%−0.1%2.3%
Free cash flow margin3.9%2.8%−1.3%−7.3%−5.8%−6.1%−2.8%−0.5%2.6%−0.1%
Income quality (OCF / net income)4.8616.776.52———4.525.63—4.36
Financial health
Total debt$902.1M$809.6M$771.3M$720.5M$686.2M$385.0M$340.4M$57.4M$34.2M$18.0M
Cash & short-term investments$360.1M$320.7M$293.2M$311.2M$382.4M$183.8M$73.6M$24.8M$21.5M$11.6M
Net debt$542.0M$488.9M$478.1M$409.3M$303.8M$201.2M$266.8M$32.7M$12.7M$6.3M
Debt / equity1.721.721.741.751.680.951.140.210.150.09
Debt / assets0.480.480.480.480.470.340.350.090.070.03
Net debt / EBITDA2.994.044.287.946.8336.043.890.530.070.15
Current ratio1.761.972.042.333.371.850.881.692.742.65
Quick ratio1.731.932.012.303.341.830.861.662.702.62
Interest coverage39.71.53.4-17.7-10.1-53.859.213.120.674.3
Working capital$185.4M$180.9M$170.4M$196.3M$288.2M$93.5M−$11.7M$41.2M$59.2M$52.2M
Invested capital$1.07B$958.9M$921.5M$821.5M$713.3M$608.5M$565.6M$306.1M$237.2M$207.7M
Tangible asset value$551.7M$491.6M$467.5M$435.0M$434.1M$433.1M$320.5M$272.3M$223.6M$200.7M
Net current asset value−$912.1M−$835.1M−$802.1M−$731.1M−$615.5M−$507.7M−$563.1M−$236.0M−$152.9M−$252.9M
Graham number$17.57$7.43$10.24———$11.32$10.47—$10.13
Graham net-net per share−$22.48−$19.57−$18.65−$18.96−$16.13−$13.97−$17.63−$10.40−$8.49−$13.66
Capital allocation
Dividends paid———$1.8M$3.2M$1.8M$7.8M$751,000$2.4M$0
Share buybacks (net)——$3.0M$2.2M$3.6M$1.8M$1.4M$949,000$314,000$0
Dividend payout ratio——————39.4%4.9%—0.0%
Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow————————28.8%—
Capex / revenue11.5%10.8%13.4%15.8%13.7%13.2%17.9%19.1%17.1%20.3%
Capex / operating cash flow74.6%79.2%110.6%185.8%173.8%184.8%118.9%102.5%86.8%100.3%
Capex / depreciation1.561.301.571.921.681.372.623.022.843.75
Stock-based compensation / revenue1.3%1.3%1.4%1.5%1.2%1.1%1.3%1.3%1.6%2.0%
SG&A / revenue12.2%26.8%19.4%20.9%19.8%22.2%19.2%18.6%18.7%19.5%
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding8.97.18.97.65.76.86.36.45.96.9
Days of inventory on hand2.03.12.92.82.83.02.22.22.01.8
Days payables outstanding7.412.312.814.218.322.214.815.214.518.0
Cash conversion cycle (days)3.5-2.2-1.0-3.7-9.8-12.4-6.4-6.6-6.6-9.2
Receivables turnover40.9651.4741.0547.8364.0053.8158.0256.8361.6152.52
Payables turnover49.0329.5828.5525.7219.9616.4224.5824.0125.1220.32
Inventory turnover179.68118.88127.10129.19128.64121.41165.74165.07184.18206.51
Asset turnover0.800.760.700.610.570.490.750.850.710.59
Average receivables$35.3M$24.3M$26.5M$18.8M$11.6M$9.7M$10.2M$8.1M$5.8M$5.1M
Average payables$24.2M$22.9M$21.3M$20.2M$21.7M$18.9M$13.4M$10.3M$7.6M$6.9M
Average inventory$6.6M$5.7M$4.8M$4.0M$3.4M$2.6M$2.0M$1.5M$1.0M$674,500
Intangibles / total assets0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.2%0.2%0.1%

Computed from SHAK's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 26, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.

SHAK valuation and financial ratios

At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), Shake Shack traded at 74.3 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 92.1. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 73.7 and the forward P/E is 41.7. Shake Shack earned a return on equity of 9.2% and a return on invested capital of 5.8% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $902.1 million of debt and $360.1 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $542.0 million. The share count rose 78.5% from 23.4M to 41.8M over 9 years.

See the SHAK income statement, the SHAK chart for price history, or the SHAK stock overview for the latest quote and news.

SHAK key metrics FAQ

What is Shake Shack's P/E ratio?

Shake Shack's trailing P/E ratio is 73.7 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 41.7. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 74.3, compared with a 10-year median of 92.1.

What is Shake Shack's EV/EBITDA?

Shake Shack's enterprise value was 21.7 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $3.9 billion, EBITDA $181.4 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 16.4.

What is Shake Shack's return on equity?

Shake Shack's return on equity (ROE) was 9.2% in fiscal 2025: net income of $45.7 million on average shareholders' equity of $497.7 million.

What is Shake Shack's ROIC?

Shake Shack's return on invested capital was 5.8% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.

How much debt does Shake Shack have?

Shake Shack had total debt of $902.1 million at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.72 and $542.0 million of net debt (2.99 times EBITDA).

What is Shake Shack's free cash flow yield?

Shake Shack generated $56.5 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 1.7% on its market value at year-end ($3.4 billion).

What is Shake Shack's current ratio?

Shake Shack's current ratio was 1.76 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 1.76 times current liabilities.

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