Growth Metrics

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

Shake Shack (SHAK) has disclosed Gross Margin for 12 consecutive years, with 85.05% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin fell 65.0% to 85.05% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 85.28%, a 47.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 85.28%, down 47.0% from a year prior.
  • Gross Margin was 85.05% for Q4 2025 at Shake Shack, roughly flat from 85.36% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 87.05% in Q2 2021 to a low of 84.96% in Q1 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 85.81% and a median of 85.73% in 2025 define the central range for Gross Margin.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Gross Margin was 263bps in 2021; the steepest drop was -249bps in 2021.
  • Shake Shack's Gross Margin stood at 86.22% in 2021, then decreased by 0bps to 85.89% in 2022, then dropped by 0bps to 85.64% in 2023, then grew by 0bps to 85.7% in 2024, then fell by -1bps to 85.05% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SHAK's Gross Margin are 85.05% (Q4 2025), 85.36% (Q3 2025), and 85.76% (Q2 2025).