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) EV/EBITDA

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As of 5 November 2026, The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (CAKE) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 17.0×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (June 2021) to 44.6× (July 2021); the current reading is higher than 93% of that period. That is above the Restaurants industry median of 12.8× and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 9.8×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
FY2025 9.4× (5.68%)
FY2024 9.9× (9.68%)
FY2023 11.0× (31.36%)
FY2022 16.0× 21.42%
FY2021 13.2× —
FY2020 0.0× —
FY2019 10.8× 18.68%
FY2018 9.1× (3.74%)
FY2017 9.4× (3.35%)
FY2016 9.8× 9.71%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
Sep 2026 16.3× 24.47%
Jun 2026 13.1× 33.59%
Mar 2026 9.8× 4.38%
Dec 2025 9.4× (3.52%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 44.6×
Ten-year median 10.4×
Current reading's percentile 93

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
EAT Brinker International, Inc. compare 10.7×
BROS Dutch Bros Inc. compare 14.3×
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare 14.4×
SHAK Shake Shack, Inc. compare 16.0×
JMKE Jersey Mike�s Subs Inc. compare 16.8×
CAKE The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated 17.0×
TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare 17.8×
WING Wingstop Inc. compare 23.8×
CAVA CAVA Group, Inc. compare 41.4×
Restaurants industry median 12.8×
Consumer Cyclical sector median 9.8×
Market median 10.9×

What EV/EBITDA is

Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)

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