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 equity

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The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 41.6%, up 7.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (33.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −64.4% (fiscal 2020) to 41.2% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Restaurants industry median of 3.72% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.20%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 33.7% (7.44)
FY2024 41.2% 7.95
FY2023 33.2% 19.37
FY2022 13.9% (2.02)
FY2021 15.9% 80.29
FY2020 −64.4% (86.69)
FY2019 22.3% 5.56
FY2018 16.7% (9.15)
FY2017 25.9% 2.46
FY2016 23.4% 3.06

Against its own ten years

Low −64.4% High 41.2%
Ten-year median 22.3%
Current reading's percentile 91

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
EAT Brinker International, Inc. compare 134.7%
CAKE The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated 41.6%
TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare 27.1%
BROS Dutch Bros Inc. compare 10.9%
CAVA CAVA Group, Inc. compare 7.95%
SHAK Shake Shack, Inc. compare 7.74%
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare −15.4%
WING Wingstop Inc. compare −15.9%
JMKE Jersey Mike�s Subs Inc. compare —
Restaurants industry median 3.72%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.20%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

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

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