Growth Metrics

Shake Shack (SHAK) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Shake Shack (SHAK) has disclosed Free Cash Flow for 12 consecutive years, with $63.0 million as the latest value for Q3 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Free Cash Flow rose 793.22% to $63.0 million in Q3 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $129.9 million, a 4.75% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at -$165.8 million, down 196.9% from a year prior.
  • Free Cash Flow was $63.0 million for Q3 2025 at Shake Shack, down from $65.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $65.0 million in Q2 2025 to a low of -$25.4 million in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $18.4 million and a median of $19.2 million in 2022 define the central range for Free Cash Flow.
  • Peak YoY movement for Free Cash Flow: crashed 282.01% in 2023, then surged 793.22% in 2025.
  • Shake Shack's Free Cash Flow stood at -$18.0 million in 2021, then plummeted by 41.01% to -$25.4 million in 2022, then skyrocketed by 263.87% to $41.5 million in 2023, then rose by 8.51% to $45.1 million in 2024, then soared by 39.74% to $63.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SHAK's Free Cash Flow are $63.0 million (Q3 2025), $65.0 million (Q2 2025), and $1.9 million (Q1 2025).