Growth Metrics

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

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

  • Quarterly Operating 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 4.32% for FY2025, 408.0% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q4 2025 was 4.68% at Shake Shack, down from 5.05% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Operating Margin was 6.28% in Q2 2025, with the low at 7.34% in Q1 2022.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 0.09%, with a median of 0.17% recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw Operating Margin surged 2799bps in 2021, then plummeted -772bps in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, Operating Margin stood at 3.19% in 2021, then grew by 17bps to 2.65% in 2022, then surged by 83bps to 0.45% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 787bps to 3.11% in 2024, then soared by 51bps to 4.68% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating 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.