CAKE's Quality Score fell 2 points on Fri, Oct 30, to 15. Its volume eased back to normal (2 chart checks stopped).
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Up 295% over three years while the S&P 500 rose 89%.
| Free cash flow tripled | $49.5M → $155.1M in 3 years |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Oct 27 |
Tue Nov 10: Ex-dividend, $0.30 a shareAt the open. Pays Nov 24.
After its last 4 reports it closed +2.2% on average, higher 2 of 4 times.
Excellentfor quality, not price, 6 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
CAKE is #1 of 26 by Quality Score among Retail-Eating Places.
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Share count against a year before: CAKE +0.5%, DRI -2.7%, WING -2.4%, EAT -2.2%.
Expected to report Wed Feb 17, after the close (in 107 days). Expected.
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Sales of $1.0B; a profit of $1.19 a share.
CAKE's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
No outlook figures read from this release.
Sales grew 4.3% a year over 3 years, fiscal 2022 to 2025.
Pays $1.20 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 sessions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | -7.7% | -2.5% | open |
| Jul 28, 2026 | +4.4% | +13.6% | +18.9% |
| Apr 29, 2026 | +3.8% | +0.3% | -3.3% |
Sales grew every year from 2022 to 2025, to $3.8B. It made a profit in each of the four years.
Its dividends come to 28% of its free cash flow.
| Dividend | $1.20 a share a year |
| Paid out | About $58.2M a year |
| Free cash flow | $206M |
| Record | Raised in the last year |
8 insiders sold $25.5M across 16 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: CAKE is under 0.1% of VYM and under 0.1% of VTI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Jul 31, 2026.
The Cheesecake Factory is an upscale casual dining operator that generated $3.8 billion in revenue in 2025. The firm's sales are mainly derived from its namesake banner (71.6% of revenue), known for its sprawling made-from-scratch menu, including cheesecakes. The firm also operates a bundle of Fox Restaurant Concepts (9.5%), including The Henry and Culinary Dropout, North Italia restaurants (9.2%), and its other segment (9.7%), which encompasses fast-casual, better-for-you Flower Child restaurants, cheesecake sales from its factories, and royalties from 35 international licensed restaurants.
CAKE scores 15 today, which Breakaway calls Excellent. It is #1 of 26 in Retail-Eating Places by Quality Score, with 6 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 295% over three years while the S&P 500 rose 89%. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
CAKE scores 15 today, which Breakaway calls Excellent (15 to 19). That is #1 of 26 in Retail-Eating Places by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind CAKE's 15.
8 insiders sold $25.5M across 16 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest is Matthew Eliot Clark, Exec VP, CFO, who sold $2.7M on Oct 29. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.
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