Shake Shack (SHAK) reported $320.9 million in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 10.5%. EPS of $0.14 for the same period compares to $0.13 a year ago.

The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $327.76 million, representing a surprise of -2.09%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -12.50%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.16.

While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.

Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.

Here is how Shake Shack performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

• Shack counts - Licensed: 256 versus the 11-analyst average estimate of 256.
• Same-Shack sales growth: 0.2% versus 2.5% estimated by 11 analysts on average.
• Shack counts - Domestic company-operated: 333 versus the 11-analyst average estimate of 333.
• Shack counts - System-wide: 589 compared to the 589 average estimate based on 11 analysts.
• Shack counts - International licensed: 211 versus the nine-analyst average estimate of 211.
• Shack counts - Domestic licensed: 45 compared to the 46 average estimate based on nine analysts.
• Average weekly sales: $72 versus the five-analyst average estimate of $73.54.
• Revenue- Licensing: $11.06 million compared to the $10.84 million average estimate based on 11 analysts. The reported number represents a change of +11.1% year over year.
• Revenue- Shack sales: $309.84 million versus the 11-analyst average estimate of $316.72 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +10.4%.
• Shack system-wide sales: $489.40 million versus $495.03 million estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +10.4% change.

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Shares of Shake Shack have returned -8.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.7% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.

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