Shake Shack (SHAK) shares skyrocketed after the company posted better-than-anticipated results and gave an upbeat f🍌orecasꦿt as it benefited from higher prices. 

The burger-and-milkshake chain reported second-quarter adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.27, with revenue rising 16% to more than $316 million. Both exceeded forecasts. 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Same-store sales rose 4%, beating estimates, driven by improvements in traffic over the first quarter 🧔as well as a more favorable mix of customer orders.

Shares of Shake Shack rose some 16% in recent trading and are up about 37% year-toౠ-date.

Traffic fell 0.8%, which the company blamed on slowing marketing in June, but turned positive in July. The company said chal෴lenges to traffic in the New York City area conꦰtinued.

CEO Rob Lynch, who 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:moved from Papa John's (PZZA) in May, said Shake Shack set records for sales, adjusted earnings befo🧔re interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA), and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:free cash flow. He said the chain remained on track to meet its 2024 ꧂financial goals, including revenue growth of 14% to 15% for the year. 

The company predicted that it will achieve positive free cash flow for the year, the first time it’s done so since 2017.