Cheesecake Factory Financial Ratios
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At close: Oct 9, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min
Cheesecake Factory ratio analysis
Cheesecake Factory earned a net margin of 4.0% in FY 2025, down from 4.4% a year earlier. Return on equity reached 34.0%, meaning Cheesecake Factory generated 0.34 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity. Debt-to-equity stood at 1.44 versus 1.02 the year before, and the current ratio was 0.59.
At the end of FY 2025, CAKE traded at 17.3 times earnings; across the 9 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 13.5 to 41.2, with a median of 17.3. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Cheesecake Factory financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 17.26 | 15.46 | 16.15 | 41.19 | 38.76 | — | 13.55 | 19.82 | 15.35 | 20.62 |
| Price / sales | 0.66 | 0.66 | 0.47 | 0.53 | 0.64 | 0.82 | 0.69 | 0.82 | 1.04 | 1.23 |
| Price / book | 5.66 | 5.33 | 5.08 | 6.04 | 5.64 | 5.63 | 2.98 | 3.36 | 3.84 | 4.64 |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | — | 77.7% | 76.9% | 77.4% | 77.2% | 77.0% | 76.9% |
| Operating margin | 5.0% | 5.0% | 3.2% | 1.2% | 2.8% | -17.5% | 4.2% | 5.1% | 6.8% | 8.8% |
| Net margin | 4.0% | 4.4% | 2.9% | 1.3% | 2.5% | -12.8% | 5.1% | 4.2% | 7.0% | 6.1% |
| Free cash flow margin | 4.1% | 3.0% | 1.9% | 1.5% | 5.0% | -2.4% | 5.8% | 8.1% | 5.2% | 8.8% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 34.0% | 35.4% | 31.9% | 14.8% | 21.9% | -87.8% | 22.3% | 17.3% | 25.7% | 23.1% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 4.6% | 5.2% | 3.6% | 1.6% | 2.6% | -9.2% | 4.5% | 7.5% | 11.8% | 10.8% |
| Debt / equity | 1.44 | 1.02 | 1.48 | 1.60 | 1.41 | 0.97 | 0.51 | 0.02 | 0.02 | — |
| Current ratio | 0.59 | 0.47 | 0.46 | 0.53 | 0.64 | 0.58 | 0.40 | 0.47 | 0.52 | 0.59 |
| Revenue growth | 4.7% | 4.1% | 4.1% | 12.8% | 47.6% | -20.1% | 6.4% | 3.2% | -0.7% | 8.3% |
| EPS growth | -4.4% | 54.6% | 140.7% | -14.9% | — | -321.0% | 33.6% | -34.6% | 15.5% | 23.0% |