Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) EBITDA Margin (2009 - 2026)
Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) posted EBITDA Margin of 5.62% for Q1 2026, up 62.7% sequentially from 3.46% in Q4 2025, and up 2.0% YoY from 5.51% in Q1 2025.
Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) EBITDA Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Cheesecake Factory has reported EBITDA Margin for 18 years, with the latest figure at 5.62% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly EBITDA Margin rose 2.0% year-over-year to 5.62% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 5.01% (down 27.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 4.99%, up 1.0% from the prior year.
- EBITDA Margin climbed to 5.62% in Q1 2026 per CAKE's latest filing, from 3.46% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, EBITDA Margin peaked at 6.78% in Q3 2025 and troughed at 0.28% in Q3 2022.
- A 5-year average of 4.32% and a median of 4.26% in 2024 frame the typical range for EBITDA Margin.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: EBITDA Margin slumped 444 bps in 2022, then jumped 257 bps in 2023.
- Over 5 years, EBITDA Margin stood at 0.28% in 2022, then jumped by 915 bps to 2.29% in 2023, then soared by 121 bps to 5.06% in 2024, then sank by 32 bps to 3.46% in 2025, then surged by 63 bps to 5.62% in 2026.
- According to Business Quant data, EBITDA Margin over the past three periods registered 5.62%, 3.46%, and 4.11% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.
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| 10 | Cheesecake Factory | 5.64 Bn | 5.45 Bn | 756.95 Mn | 7.63% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 7.63% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 5.62% |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 3.46% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 4.11% |
| Jul 1, 2025 | 6.78% |
| Apr 1, 2025 | 5.60% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 5.06% |
| Oct 1, 2024 | 3.89% |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 6.49% |
| Apr 2, 2024 | 4.41% |
| Jan 2, 2024 | 5.30% |
| Oct 3, 2023 | 2.29% |
| Jul 4, 2023 | 5.48% |
| Apr 4, 2023 | 3.92% |
| Sep 27, 2022 | -0.28% |
| Jun 28, 2022 | 3.36% |
| Mar 29, 2022 | 3.57% |
| Dec 28, 2021 | 0.13% |
| Sep 28, 2021 | 4.16% |
| Jun 29, 2021 | 5.35% |