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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) Operating margin
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 6.04%, up 1.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (4.99%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −17.5% (fiscal 2020) to 8.83% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Restaurants industry median of 4.59% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.88%.
Operating margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 4.99% | 0.01 |
| FY2024 | 4.98% | 1.82 |
| FY2023 | 3.16% | 1.98 |
| FY2022 | 1.18% | (1.63) |
| FY2021 | 2.81% | 20.33 |
| FY2020 | −17.5% | (21.69) |
| FY2019 | 4.17% | (0.93) |
| FY2018 | 5.10% | (1.66) |
| FY2017 | 6.76% | (2.07) |
| FY2016 | 8.83% | 0.96 |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 7.25% | (0.38) |
| Jun 2026 | 7.63% | 2.01 |
| Mar 2026 | 5.62% | 2.16 |
| Dec 2025 | 3.46% | (0.65) |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Operating margin against peers
| Company | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| JMKE Jersey Mike�s Subs Inc. compare | 38.3% |
| WING Wingstop Inc. compare | 27.7% |
| DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare | 19.7% |
| EAT Brinker International, Inc. compare | 11.0% |
| BROS Dutch Bros Inc. compare | 9.53% |
| TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare | 7.75% |
| CAKE The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated | 6.04% |
| CAVA CAVA Group, Inc. compare | 4.86% |
| SHAK Shake Shack, Inc. compare | 3.63% |
| Restaurants industry median | 4.59% |
| Consumer Cyclical sector median | 3.88% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Operating margin is
EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.
EBIT ÷ Revenue
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