Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)

Cheesecake Factory has disclosed FCF Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 5.45% for Q1 2026.

• FCF Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 5.45%, up 156.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 4.53% (up 137.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 4.13%, up 112.0% from the prior year.
• FCF Margin came in at 5.45% for Q1 2026 at Cheesecake Factory, up from 5.17% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 5.94% in Q3 2025 to a low of 2.59% in Q3 2022.
• The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 3.61% (2024), against an average of 3.15%.
• Across the five-year window, FCF Margin sank 666 bps in 2022 and surged 298 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
• Cheesecake Factory's FCF Margin stood at 2.59% in 2022, then jumped by 221 bps to 3.13% in 2023, then jumped by 88 bps to 5.88% in 2024, then decreased by 12 bps to 5.17% in 2025, then advanced by 5 bps to 5.45% in 2026.
• The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 5.45% (Q1 2026), 5.17% (Q4 2025), and 5.94% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.