Growth Metrics

Shake Shack (SHAK) EBITDA Margin (2016 - 2025)

Shake Shack (SHAK) has disclosed EBITDA Margin for 12 consecutive years, with 4.68% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly EBITDA Margin rose 157.0% to 4.68% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 4.32% through Dec 2025, up 408.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 11.7% for FY2025, 328.0% up from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin for Q4 2025 was 4.68% at Shake Shack, down from 5.05% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for EBITDA Margin was 10.42% in Q3 2023, with the low at 5.68% in Q3 2024.
  • Average EBITDA Margin over 5 years is 4.8%, with a median of 5.22% recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw EBITDA Margin skyrocketed 2254bps in 2021, then crashed -1610bps in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, EBITDA Margin stood at 4.47% in 2021, then increased by 21bps to 5.39% in 2022, then surged by 50bps to 8.11% in 2023, then tumbled by -62bps to 3.11% in 2024, then soared by 51bps to 4.68% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, EBITDA Margin over the past three periods came in at 4.68%, 5.05%, and 6.28% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.