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) Return on assets

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The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 6.22%, up 1.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (4.71%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −9.92% (fiscal 2020) to 12.0% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Restaurants industry median of 1.10% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 1.47%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 4.71% (0.62)
FY2024 5.33% 1.72
FY2023 3.61% 2.06
FY2022 1.55% (0.22)
FY2021 1.77% 11.69
FY2020 −9.92% (16.05)
FY2019 6.13% (1.35)
FY2018 7.48% (4.51)
FY2017 12.0% 0.95
FY2016 11.0% 1.31

Against its own ten years

Low −9.92% High 12.0%
Ten-year median 5.33%
Current reading's percentile 45

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare 35.6%
EAT Brinker International, Inc. compare 18.3%
WING Wingstop Inc. compare 16.6%
TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare 11.9%
CAKE The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated 6.22%
CAVA CAVA Group, Inc. compare 4.53%
BROS Dutch Bros Inc. compare 3.17%
SHAK Shake Shack, Inc. compare 2.29%
JMKE Jersey Mike�s Subs Inc. compare —
Restaurants industry median 1.10%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 1.47%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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