The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated

CAKE Consumer Cyclical Restaurants

The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $3.8 billion, up 4.75% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+13.9%
EPS
+92.7%
Free cash flow
+24.5%
Total debt
−10.4%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

110.96 4.43 −3.84%
Market cap
$5.5B
P/E
24.9×
Fwd P/E
24.0×
Dividend yield
1.05%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
2.33
Beneish M
−2.77
Dividend safety
82/100

The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (CAKE) Debt to equity

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The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 1.0×, down 0.5× from fiscal 2025 (1.4×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (fiscal 2015) to 2.1× (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Restaurants industry median of 0.2× and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 1.4× 41.62%
FY2024 1.0× (31.02%)
FY2023 1.5× (28.91%)
FY2022 2.1× 14.77%
FY2021 1.8× 26.61%
FY2020 1.4× 95.68%
FY2019 0.7× 4,077.71%
FY2018 0.0× 7.36%
FY2017 0.0× (90.26%)
FY2016 0.2× —

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Sep 2026 1.0× (9.47%)
Jun 2026 1.1× (21.06%)
Mar 2026 1.4× (4.83%)
Dec 2025 1.4× (2.40%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 2.1×
Ten-year median 1.0×
Current reading's percentile 73

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
WING Wingstop Inc. compare −1.6×
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare −1.2×
CAVA CAVA Group, Inc. compare 0.0×
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TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare 0.0×
JMKE Jersey Mike�s Subs Inc. compare 0.4×
SHAK Shake Shack, Inc. compare 0.4×
CAKE The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated 1.0×
EAT Brinker International, Inc. compare 1.1×
Restaurants industry median 0.2×
Consumer Cyclical sector median 0.2×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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