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Cheesecake Factory

NSQ:CAKE · US1630721017
Hotels, Restaurants & LeisureLarge

360

51
EV / EBIT30
Price / Owner Earnings29
Owner Earnings Yield53
Dividend Yield73
Price/Sales54
EV / Gross Profit64
Price/Book31
Return on Capital54
Cash Return on Capital61
Return on Equity94
EBIT Margin39
Gross Profitability57
Cash Conversion31
Accruals44
Owner Earnings Margin55
Sales growth55
Profit Growth54
Long-Term EPS Growth70
Owner Earnings Growth85
Reinvestment93
Price momentum72
Debt load58
Refinancing39
Debt Payback26
Liquidity98
Analyst ratings16
Opinion Changes40
Price Target Upside12
Market mood45
Value Creation8/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Cheesecake Factory clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustryHotels, Restaurants & Leisure
SizeLarge
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNASDAQGS
Founded1992
Employees7,293
Websitethecheesecakefactory.com
ISINUS1630721017
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Indices
NASDAQ (USA)
Themes
Food DeliveryBakeryFood and BeverageManufacturing

Description

The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated owns and operates restaurants in the United States and Canada. As of February 23, 2026, the company owned and operated various restaurants throughout the United States and Canada under brands, including The Cheese…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated is a middle-of-the-road business: neither the economics nor the price stand out from the peer group.

The price is expensive. You pay 28.9× its owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year, which is in the historically expensive zone. At today's price, the market is assuming roughly 11% yearly growth; analysts expect 10%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.

The trajectory is solid and the balance sheet is stretched. The company scores 8/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

What to watch: The financial cushion is thinner than comfortable. As always: this describes the company's numbers; it is not a recommendation.

360° rank · history

1007550250
98
2023202420252026

All-time high

100

Mar 2026

All-time low

79

Oct 2023

Average rank

95

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
54
72
83
87
Price/Earnings
53
71
86
90
Price/Book
31
28
28
25
Dividend Yield
73
68
77
84
Value (overall)
65
79
86
90

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

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1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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