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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 5 November 2026, The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (CAKE) trades at a price to free cash flow of 23.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (March 2021) to 729× (December 2020); the current reading is higher than 75% of that period. That is above the Restaurants industry median of 17.9× and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 12.9×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 15.3× (27.69%)
FY2024 21.2× (16.76%)
FY2023 25.5× (22.88%)
FY2022 33.0× 158.24%
FY2021 12.8× —
FY2020 0.0× —
FY2019 12.0× 12.51%
FY2018 10.6× (46.58%)
FY2017 19.9× 38.73%
FY2016 14.3× (41.41%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 22.5× 24.75%
Jun 2026 18.1× 21.53%
Mar 2026 14.9× (3.01%)
Dec 2025 15.3× (4.65%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 729×
Ten-year median 19.1×
Current reading's percentile 75

Price to free cash flow against peers

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CAKE The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated 23.8×
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CAVA CAVA Group, Inc. compare 172×
Restaurants industry median 17.9×
Consumer Cyclical sector median 12.9×
Market median 14.1×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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