The Cheesecake Factory, Inc. (CAKE)

Nasdaq Consumer Discretionary Restaurants S&P SmallCap 600
$106.76
-3.95 (-3.57%)
Close of Nov 06, 2026 · end-of-day data
Source: The Cheesecake Factory, Inc.'s 10-K / 10-Q XBRL data on SEC EDGAR · fetched Nov 03, 2026

Revenue, net income & free cash flow

Income statement

fiscal years · USD
Fiscal yearFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2023FY2024FY2024FY2025
Revenue$2.28B$2.26B$2.33B$2.48B$1.98B$2.93B$3.30B$3.44B$3.58B$3.75B
Cost of revenue$526.63M$519.39M$532.88M$561.78M$458.33M$653.13M————
Gross profit$1.75B$1.74B$1.80B$1.92B$1.52B$2.27B————
Operating income$200.99M$152.84M$118.95M$103.60M-$347.44M$82.32M$38.94M$108.57M$178.32M$187.28M
Pre-tax income$191.77M$146.47M$107.41M$140.33M-$356.04M$71.62M$32.89M$100.01M$171.05M$162.90M
Income tax$52.27M-$10.93M$8.38M$13.04M-$102.67M-$753.00K-$10.23M-$1.34M$14.26M$14.47M
Net income$139.49M$157.39M$99.03M$127.29M-$253.37M$72.37M$43.12M$101.35M$156.78M$148.43M
EBITDA$289.00M$245.57M$214.92M$191.73M-$256.02M$171.97M$131.31M$201.70M$279.77M$296.32M
EPS (basic)$2.91$3.35$2.19$2.90$-6.32$1.03$0.87$2.10$3.28$3.17
EPS (diluted)$2.83$3.27$2.14$2.86$-6.32$1.01$0.86$2.07$3.20$3.06
Diluted shares49.37M48.15M46.22M44.55M43.87M48.51M50.41M49.05M48.97M48.55M
Gross margin76.9%77.0%77.2%77.4%76.9%77.7%————
Operating margin8.8%6.8%5.1%4.2%-17.5%2.8%1.2%3.2%5.0%5.0%
Net margin6.1%7.0%4.2%5.1%-12.8%2.5%1.3%2.9%4.4%4.0%

Balance sheet

fiscal years · USD
Fiscal yearFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2023FY2024FY2024FY2025
Cash & equivalents$53.84M$6.01M$26.58M$58.42M$154.09M$189.63M$114.78M$56.29M$84.18M$215.73M
Receivables$15.63M$19.86M$20.93M$25.62M——————
Inventory$34.93M$42.56M$38.89M$47.23M$39.29M$42.84M$55.56M$57.65M$64.53M$53.97M
Total current assets$221.43M$208.63M$195.23M$244.51M$341.36M$405.59M$345.77M$300.80M$333.31M$454.83M
Goodwill———$78.36M$1.45M$1.45M$1.45M$1.45M$1.45M$1.45M
Total assets$1.29B$1.33B$1.31B$2.84B$2.75B$2.80B$2.78B$2.84B$3.04B$3.26B
Total current liabilities$376.53M$397.95M$416.50M$614.59M$586.07M$636.27M$656.68M$660.67M$711.42M$777.01M
Short-term debt—————————$68.81M
Long-term debt—$10.00M$10.00M$290.00M$280.00M$466.02M$468.03M$470.05M$452.06M$561.26M
Total debt—$10.00M$10.00M$290.00M$280.00M$466.02M$468.03M$470.05M$452.06M$630.07M
Total liabilities$690.11M$719.53M$743.07M$2.27B$2.46B$2.47B$2.48B$2.52B$2.60B$2.83B
Shareholders' equity$603.21M$613.53M$571.06M$571.74M$288.69M$330.17M$292.00M$318.06M$443.45M$436.43M

Cash flow

fiscal years · USD
Fiscal yearFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2023FY2024FY2024FY2025
Operating cash flow$316.38M$238.80M$291.31M$218.76M$2.91M$213.01M$161.93M$218.40M$268.32M$301.28M
Capital expenditures$115.82M$120.78M$102.91M$73.77M$50.33M$66.94M$112.46M$151.56M$160.36M$146.20M
Free cash flow$200.56M$118.02M$188.41M$145.00M-$47.42M$146.06M$49.46M$66.84M$107.96M$155.08M
Investing cash flow-$159.46M-$140.43M-$130.39M-$363.06M-$50.91M-$68.61M-$112.81M-$153.50M-$161.10M-$147.26M
Financing cash flow-$146.94M-$146.09M-$140.29M$176.02M$143.69M-$108.83M-$123.64M-$123.53M-$78.79M-$22.78M
Dividends paid$42.37M$49.89M$56.25M$60.72M$15.79M$337.00K$42.27M$53.21M$53.04M$52.19M
Share buybacks$146.47M$122.97M$109.28M$50.98M$3.62M$5.77M$63.13M$46.09M$18.23M$153.90M
Stock-based compensation$21.47M$16.46M$19.99M$19.37M$21.35M$22.99M$24.43M$25.78M$29.96M$27.23M
Depreciation & amortization$88.01M$92.73M$95.98M$88.13M$91.42M$89.65M$92.38M$93.14M$101.45M$109.03M

Quarterly figures are rebuilt from the year-to-date totals companies report — Q4 is the full year minus the first nine months, since no 10-Q is filed for it. Values are as filed; later restatements replace earlier ones. Fiscal years are labelled by the calendar year in which they end.