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.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBITDA Margin rose 157.0% to 4.68% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 4.32%, a 408.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 11.7%, up 328.0% from a year prior.
  • EBITDA Margin was 4.68% for Q4 2025 at Shake Shack, down from 5.05% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBITDA Margin ranged from a high of 10.42% in Q3 2023 to a low of 5.68% in Q3 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 4.8% and a median of 5.22% in 2022 define the central range for EBITDA Margin.
  • Peak YoY movement for EBITDA Margin: soared 2254bps in 2021, then tumbled -1610bps in 2024.
  • Shake Shack's EBITDA Margin stood at 4.47% in 2021, then grew by 21bps to 5.39% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 50bps to 8.11% in 2023, then plummeted by -62bps to 3.11% in 2024, then surged by 51bps to 4.68% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SHAK's EBITDA Margin are 4.68% (Q4 2025), 5.05% (Q3 2025), and 6.28% (Q2 2025).