What's Going On With Shake Shack Stock On Thursday?

Nabaparna Bhattacharya

May 01, 2025

Shake Shack, Inc. (NYSE:SHAK) shares are trading higher on Thursday after reporting first-quarter results.

The company reported quarterly adjusted earnings per share of 14 cents, missing the street view of 16 cents. Quarterly sales of $320.90 million (up 10.5%) missed the analyst consensus estimate of $328.08 million.

System-wide sales reached $489.4 million, marking a 10.4% increase year over year, while Same-Shack sales rose slightly by 0.2% year over year.

Operating income rose to $2.8 million, compared to breakeven in the year-ago period. Restaurant-level profit was $64.2 million compared with

$54.746 million a year ago. Restaurant-level profit margin expanded to 20.7% from 19.5% a year ago

Adjusted EBITDA rose 13.5% year over year to $40.7 million.

Also Read: Restaurant Sector Q1 Volatilty From Weather, Inflation -- Analyst Lowers Price Targets

In the quarter under review, adjusted EBITDA margin expanded to 12.7% from 12.4% a year ago.

The company exited the quarter with cash and equivalents worth $312.92 million. Inventories totaled $5.312 million.

Long-term debt at quarter end expanded slightly to $246.945 million from $246.683 million at December 25.

The company said that it opened four new company-operated Shacks, including two drive-thrus. It also oened seven new licensed Shacks.

Outlook: "We are planning for food and paper inflationary pressures to remain in 2025, led by beef," the company said.

Shake Shack expects second-quarter sales to range between $346 million and $353 million, below the consensus estimate of $355.62 million.

Shake Shack widened its FY2025 sales guidance to a range of $1.40 billion to $1.50 billion, compared to the prior range of $1.45 billion to $1.48 billion and the $1.46 billion analyst estimate.

The company expects at least 50 bps expansion for restaurant-level profit margin per year.

Price Action: SHAK shares are trading lower by 0.05% to $87.70 at last check Thursday.

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