Growth Metrics

Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) EBITDA Margin (2016 - 2025)

Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) has disclosed EBITDA Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 12.46% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly EBITDA Margin fell 1753.0% to 12.46% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.91% through Dec 2025, down 407.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 3.79% for FY2025, 400.0% down from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin hit 12.46% in Q4 2025 for Cheesecake Factory, down from 4.11% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBITDA Margin ranged from a high of 6.78% in Q3 2025 to a low of 12.46% in Q4 2025.
  • Historically, EBITDA Margin has averaged 3.08% across 5 years, with a median of 4.11% in 2025.
  • Biggest five-year swings in EBITDA Margin: skyrocketed 3364bps in 2021 and later plummeted -1753bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, EBITDA Margin stood at 0.13% in 2021, then tumbled by -323bps to 0.28% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 915bps to 2.29% in 2023, then soared by 121bps to 5.06% in 2024, then crashed by -346bps to 12.46% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows EBITDA Margin for CAKE at 12.46% in Q4 2025, 4.11% in Q3 2025, and 6.78% in Q3 2025.