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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) Gross margin
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 16.9%, up 0.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (16.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.57% (fiscal 2020) to 19.7% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is below the Restaurants industry median of 38.9% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 34.3%.
Gross margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Gross margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 16.3% | 0.90 |
| FY2024 | 15.4% | 1.29 |
| FY2023 | 14.1% | 2.05 |
| FY2022 | 12.1% | (1.92) |
| FY2021 | 14.0% | 7.42 |
| FY2020 | 6.57% | (9.12) |
| FY2019 | 15.7% | (1.40) |
| FY2018 | 17.1% | (1.08) |
| FY2017 | 18.2% | (1.55) |
| FY2016 | 19.7% | 0.15 |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Gross margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 16.4% | (1.29) |
| Jun 2026 | 17.6% | 1.86 |
| Mar 2026 | 15.8% | (2.16) |
| Dec 2025 | 17.9% | 3.49 |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Gross margin against peers
| Company | Gross margin |
|---|---|
| JMKE Jersey Mike�s Subs Inc. compare | 100.0% |
| WING Wingstop Inc. compare | 86.1% |
| CAVA CAVA Group, Inc. compare | 44.4% |
| DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare | 40.0% |
| BROS Dutch Bros Inc. compare | 24.8% |
| EAT Brinker International, Inc. compare | 19.0% |
| CAKE The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated | 16.9% |
| TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare | 15.7% |
| SHAK Shake Shack, Inc. compare | 0.00% |
| Restaurants industry median | 38.9% |
| Consumer Cyclical sector median | 34.3% |
| Market median | 45.1% |
What Gross margin is
Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.
Gross Profit ÷ Revenue
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