SHAKE SHACK INC. vs Texas Roadhouse, Inc., two Restaurants stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Shake Shack and Texas Roadhouse show the distance between a chain still proving its model and one that already has. Shake Shack, the better-burger operator, keeps just 2.76% of revenue, returns 7.43% on equity, and trades at 58.1 times earnings. Texas Roadhouse, the steakhouse chain, keeps 7% of sales, returns 27.58% on equity, pays a 1.38% dividend, and trades lower at 31.36 times. Texas Roadhouse also generates real cash, a 2.77% free cash flow yield against Shake Shack's 0.69%, and stays nearly debt-free at 0.03 versus 0.45. Texas Roadhouse is far larger at $13.0B, more than five times Shake Shack's $2.3B.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | SHAK | TXRH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $58.61 | $189.48 |
| Market cap | $2.4B | $12.5B |
| Sector | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +19.2% |
| P/E | 59.8 | 30.2 |
| P/B | 4.26 | 8.14 |
| P/S | 1.58 | 2.07 |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.8 | 17.6 |
| Revenue growth | +16.2% | +10.4% |
| Operating margin | -0.7% | 9.0% |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 7.0% |
| Return on equity | 7.4% | 27.6% |
| Return on assets | 2.1% | 11.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 5.6% | 26.2% |
| FCF yield | 0.7% | 2.9% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.45 | 0.03 |
| Current ratio | 1.69 | 0.46 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.97 | 5.97 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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