stockrowThe 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
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The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (CAKE) Return on invested capital
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 17.0%, up 3.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (13.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −39.7% (fiscal 2020) to 19.3% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Restaurants industry median of 3.01% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.42%.
Return on invested capital, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on invested capital | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 13.8% | 0.02 |
| FY2024 | 13.7% | 4.47 |
| FY2023 | 9.27% | 6.17 |
| FY2022 | 3.10% | (3.87) |
| FY2021 | 6.97% | 46.62 |
| FY2020 | −39.7% | (46.60) |
| FY2019 | 6.95% | (6.46) |
| FY2018 | 13.4% | (2.06) |
| FY2017 | 15.5% | (3.85) |
| FY2016 | 19.3% | 0.36 |
Against its own ten years
Return on invested capital against peers
| Company | Return on invested capital |
|---|---|
| DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc compare | 117.1% |
| EAT Brinker International, Inc. compare | 49.8% |
| WING Wingstop Inc. compare | 41.1% |
| TXRH Texas Roadhouse, Inc. compare | 21.1% |
| CAKE The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated | 17.0% |
| BROS Dutch Bros Inc. compare | 14.6% |
| SHAK Shake Shack, Inc. compare | 6.95% |
| CAVA CAVA Group, Inc. compare | 5.09% |
| JMKE Jersey Mike�s Subs Inc. compare | 3.01% |
| Restaurants industry median | 3.01% |
| Consumer Cyclical sector median | 3.42% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on invested capital is
Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.
TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)
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