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How Shake Shack Inc. stacks up
SHAK · against 361 other Consumer Cyclical companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
40/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #228 of 362 · scores higher than 36% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score25 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including SHAK · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 40?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Cyclical companies.Its metrics sit close to the Consumer Cyclical norm.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 69% of peers. Operating margin: 3.6% vs peer median 6.4%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 62% of peers. Return on assets: 2.2% vs peer median 3.3%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 9.0% vs peer median 7.3%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = SHAK, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | SHAK | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 349 reported | 9.0% | 9.5% | 47% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 362 reported | 3.6% | 7.1% | 33% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 358 reported | 2.2% | 4.1% | 34% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 315 reported | 7.9% | 11.8% | 40% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 363 reported | 40.4% | 36.0% | 59% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around SHAK| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4.6B USD | 99 | 80 | |
| 1 | 2.4B USD | 99 | 65 | |
| 1 | 11.5B USD | 99 | 78 | |
| 1 | 10.7B USD | 99 | 50 | |
| 1 | 6.5B USD | 99 | 62 | |
| 226 | 571M USD | 41 | 30 | |
| 228 | 326M USD | 40 | 54 | |
| 228 | 17.1B USD | 40 | 32 | |
| 228 | 327M USD | 40 | 51 | |
| 228 | 3.0B USD | 40 | 46 | |
| 232 | 3.5B USD | 39 | 34 | |
| 232 | 15.2B USD | 39 | 57 | |
| 232 | 1.5B USD | 39 | 50 | |
| 232 | 593M USD | 39 | 40 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score