Shake Shack price to free cash flow SHAK

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2016.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: n/m; not a meaningful number
Last meaningful: 168×; Jul 2026
10-year median: 149×
10-year range: 53.0× to 457×
Peer median: 25.3×

Shake Shack's price to free cash flow is not a meaningful number today: free cash flow over the last twelve months was zero, negative or not reported.

It was last meaningful in Jul 2026, at 168×.

On the days it had one over the last ten years, its median was 149×, from 53.0× in Dec 2025 to 457× in Sep 2018.

Price to free cash flow over time

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	168×	56.6×	188×
2025	56.8×	53.0×	168×
2024	167×	153×	280×
2023	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2022	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2021	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2020	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2019	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2018	342×	122×	457×
2017	139×	106×	283×
2016	272×	136×	292×

Against its peers

Companies in Restaurants nearest Shake Shack's size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to free cash flow
SHAKShake Shack	n/m
WINGWingstop	25.3×
CBRLCracker Barrel Old Country Store	17.1×
CAKECheesecake Factory	26.1×
CAVACava	127×
BJRIBJs RESTAURANTS INC	26.1×
WENWendy's	4.5×
SGSweetgreen	n/m
BROSDutch Bros	76.3×
EATBrinker International	13.7×
BLMNBloomin' Brands	5.1×
Peer median	25.3×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.