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How Shake Shack Inc. stacks up
SHAK · against 345 other Consumer Cyclical companies of similar size
Profitability
40/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #269 of 346 · scores higher than 22% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score35 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 · 327 reported | 9.0% | 9.6% | 47% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 346 reported | 3.6% | 8.8% | 16% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 328 reported | 2.2% | 4.3% | 23% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 313 reported | 7.9% | 11.4% | 32% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 349 reported | 40.4% | 31.5% | 63% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around SHAK| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 358.0B INR (≈$4.3B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 2 | 106.7B TWD (≈$3.3B) | 99 | 71 | |
| 2 | 4.6B USD | 99 | 80 | |
| 2 | 2.4B USD | 99 | 65 | |
| 2 | 393.5B INR (≈$4.7B) | 99 | 56 | |
| 263 | 60.1B THB (≈$1.7B) | 41 | 39 | |
| 263 | 3.2B USD | 41 | 42 | |
| 263 | 57.6B MXN (≈$3.1B) | 41 | 56 | |
| 269 | 24.3B CNY (≈$3.4B) | 40 | 52 | |
| 269 | 3.0B USD | 40 | 46 | |
| 271 | 3.5B USD | 39 | 34 | |
| 272 | 24.2B CNY (≈$3.4B) | 38 | 29 | |
| 273 | 13.7B HKD (≈$1.8B) | 37 | 45 | |
| 274 | 359.4B JPY (≈$2.4B) | 36 | 33 |
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