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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
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The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (CAKE) Free cash flow margin
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 5.45%, up 1.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (4.11%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.42% (fiscal 2020) to 8.74% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Restaurants industry median of 2.47% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.20%.
Free cash flow margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Free cash flow margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 4.11% | 1.13 |
| FY2024 | 2.98% | 1.09 |
| FY2023 | 1.89% | 0.41 |
| FY2022 | 1.48% | (3.49) |
| FY2021 | 4.97% | 7.39 |
| FY2020 | −2.42% | (8.18) |
| FY2019 | 5.76% | (2.19) |
| FY2018 | 7.95% | 2.80 |
| FY2017 | 5.15% | (3.59) |
| FY2016 | 8.74% | 4.36 |
Against its own ten years
Free cash flow margin against peers
| Company | Free cash flow margin |
|---|---|
| BROS Dutch Bros Inc. compare | 18.8% |
| WING Wingstop Inc. compare | 16.0% |
| DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare | 13.1% |
| EAT Brinker International, Inc. compare | 10.1% |
| TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare | 7.02% |
| CAKE The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated | 5.45% |
| CAVA CAVA Group, Inc. compare | 2.78% |
| JMKE Jersey Mike�s Subs Inc. compare | 0.00% |
| SHAK Shake Shack, Inc. compare | −1.39% |
| Restaurants industry median | 2.47% |
| Consumer Cyclical sector median | 3.20% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Free cash flow margin is
Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.
(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue
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