Growth Metrics

Shake Shack (SHAK) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Shake Shack (SHAK) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 11 consecutive years, with 0.06% as the latest value for Q3 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital rose 10.0% to 0.06% in Q3 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Sep 2025 was 0.06%, a 10.0% increase, with the full-year FY2024 number at 0.0%, down 1.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.06% for Q3 2025 at Shake Shack, up from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.06% in Q3 2025 to a low of 0.11% in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.02% and a median of 0.03% in 2022 define the central range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Return on Invested Capital was 14bps in 2021; the steepest drop was -16bps in 2021.
  • Shake Shack's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.01% in 2021, then tumbled by -285bps to 0.04% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 127bps to 0.01% in 2023, then tumbled by -69bps to 0.0% in 2024, then surged by 1795bps to 0.06% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SHAK's Return on Invested Capital are 0.06% (Q3 2025), 0.02% (Q2 2025), and 0.01% (Q1 2025).