Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)
Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) reported EBT Margin of 5.45% for Q1 2026, up 173.0% on a YoY basis from 2.0% in Q1 2025, and up 147.24% sequentially from 11.54% in Q4 2025.
Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) has 18 years of EBT Margin data on file, last reported at 5.45% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBT Margin rose 173.0% year-over-year to 5.45%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 1.05% (down 359.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.57%, down 421.0% from the prior year.
- EBT Margin advanced to 5.45% in Q1 2026, from 11.54% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 6.51% in Q3 2025 to a low of 11.54% in Q4 2025.
- A 5-year average of 3.07% and a median of 3.81% in 2025 frame the typical range for EBT Margin.
- Across the five-year window, EBT Margin jumped 250 bps in 2023 and sank 1646 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
- Tracing CAKE's EBT Margin over 5 years: stood at 0.45% in 2022, then soared by 556 bps to 2.05% in 2023, then surged by 140 bps to 4.92% in 2024, then plunged by 334 bps to 11.54% in 2025, then surged by 147 bps to 5.45% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows CAKE's EBT Margin at 5.45% in Q1 2026, 11.54% in Q4 2025, and 3.91% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 5.45% |
| Dec 30, 2025 | -11.54% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 3.91% |
| Jul 1, 2025 | 6.51% |
| Apr 1, 2025 | 3.72% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.92% |
| Oct 1, 2024 | 3.68% |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 6.23% |
| Apr 2, 2024 | 4.21% |
| Jan 2, 2024 | 4.84% |
| Oct 3, 2023 | 2.05% |
| Jul 4, 2023 | 5.23% |
| Apr 4, 2023 | 3.70% |
| Sep 27, 2022 | -0.45% |
| Jun 28, 2022 | 3.22% |
| Mar 29, 2022 | 3.38% |
| Dec 28, 2021 | -0.07% |
| Sep 28, 2021 | 3.92% |
| Jun 29, 2021 | 4.74% |
| Mar 30, 2021 | 0.98% |