Growth Metrics

Shake Shack (SHAK) Operating Margin (2014 - 2026)

Shake Shack (SHAK) reported Operating Margin of 0.72% for Q2 2026, down 160.0% year-over-year from 1.2% in Q2 2025, and down 115.35% on a QoQ basis from 4.68% in Q4 2025.

Shake Shack (SHAK) has 13 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 0.72% in Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin fell 160.0% year-over-year to 0.72% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 3.82% (up 337.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 4.32%, up 408.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin slipped to 0.72% in Q2 2026 per SHAK's latest filing, from 4.68% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 6.28% in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 7.34% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 0.01% (2024), against an average of 0.39%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Operating Margin sank 772 bps; it then jumped 1072 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing SHAK's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 2.65% in 2022, then jumped by 83 bps to 0.45% in 2023, then soared by 787 bps to 3.11% in 2024, then surged by 51 bps to 4.68% in 2025, then sank by 115 bps to 0.72% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest SHAK Operating Margin figures stand at 0.72% (Q2 2026), 4.68% (Q4 2025), and 5.05% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Starbucks 110.27 Bn 108.58 Bn 9.40 Bn 8.69%
2 Yum Brands 40.90 Bn 40.21 Bn 1.38 Bn 31.28%
3 Chipotle Mexican Grill 39.62 Bn 38.75 Bn 2.61 Bn 12.86%
4 Restaurant Brands International 25.25 Bn 25.79 Bn 2.14 Bn 26.77%
5 Darden Restaurants 23.41 Bn 23.17 Bn 3.31 Bn 12.15%
6 Yum China Holdings 15.07 Bn 13.64 Bn 3.24 Bn 13.67%
7 Texas Roadhouse 11.59 Bn 11.39 Bn 1.40 Bn 8.96%
8 Dominos Pizza 10.51 Bn 10.27 Bn 464.51 Mn 20.02%
9 Cava 8.67 Bn 8.28 Bn 797.57 Mn 1.02%
10 Shake Shack 2.51 Bn 2.22 Bn 309.23 Mn -0.72%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 1, 2026 -0.72%
Dec 31, 2025 4.68%
Sep 24, 2025 5.05%
Jun 25, 2025 6.28%
Mar 26, 2025 0.89%
Dec 25, 2024 3.11%
Sep 25, 2024 -5.68%
Jun 26, 2024 3.41%
Mar 27, 2024 0.01%
Dec 27, 2023 -0.45%
Sep 27, 2023 2.05%
Jun 28, 2023 1.75%
Mar 29, 2023 -1.26%
Dec 28, 2022 -2.65%
Sep 28, 2022 -2.12%
Jun 29, 2022 -0.35%
Mar 30, 2022 -7.34%
Dec 29, 2021 -3.19%
Sep 29, 2021 -1.36%
Jun 30, 2021 1.76%
Mar 31, 2021 -6.45%
Dec 30, 2020 -7.76%
Sep 23, 2020 -5.21%
Jun 24, 2020 -26.23%
Mar 25, 2020 -0.55%
Dec 25, 2019 0.32%
Sep 25, 2019 5.17%
Jun 26, 2019 7.77%
Mar 27, 2019 3.89%
Dec 26, 2018 2.28%
Sep 26, 2018 7.81%
Jun 27, 2018 11.20%
Mar 28, 2018 6.57%
Dec 27, 2017 6.07%
Sep 27, 2017 11.21%
Jun 28, 2017 12.85%
Mar 29, 2017 7.33%
Dec 28, 2016 6.81%
Sep 28, 2016 12.30%
Jun 29, 2016 13.44%
Mar 30, 2016 8.70%
Dec 30, 2015 7.16%
Sep 30, 2015 14.65%
Jul 1, 2015 12.89%
Apr 1, 2015 -28.96%
Dec 31, 2014 -2.84%
Sep 24, 2014 2.38%
Jun 25, 2014 7.72%
Mar 26, 2014 5.08%