Growth Metrics

Shake Shack (SHAK) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Shake Shack (SHAK) has disclosed Return on Sales for 12 consecutive years, with 0.05% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Sales rose 2.0% to 0.05% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.04%, a 3.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.04%, up 3.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Sales was 0.05% for Q4 2025 at Shake Shack, up from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.05% in Q2 2025 to a low of 0.06% in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 0.01% and a median of 0.01% in 2024 define the central range for Return on Sales.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: rose 21bps in 2021, then dropped -6bps in 2022.
  • Shake Shack's Return on Sales stood at 0.03% in 2021, then dropped by -12bps to 0.03% in 2022, then soared by 174bps to 0.03% in 2023, then grew by 12bps to 0.03% in 2024, then soared by 60bps to 0.05% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SHAK's Return on Sales are 0.05% (Q4 2025), 0.04% (Q3 2025), and 0.05% (Q2 2025).