Growth Metrics

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

Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) has disclosed FCF Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 5.17% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin fell 71.0% to 5.17% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 4.13% through Dec 2025, up 112.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 4.13% for FY2025, 112.0% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin hit 5.17% in Q4 2025 for Cheesecake Factory, down from 5.94% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 11.07% in Q2 2021 to a low of 3.91% in Q3 2021.
  • Historically, FCF Margin has averaged 3.4% across 5 years, with a median of 3.33% in 2024.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Margin: surged 1660bps in 2021 and later crashed -666bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, FCF Margin stood at 9.79% in 2021, then tumbled by -126bps to 2.59% in 2022, then soared by 221bps to 3.13% in 2023, then soared by 88bps to 5.88% in 2024, then dropped by -12bps to 5.17% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Margin for CAKE at 5.17% in Q4 2025, 5.94% in Q3 2025, and 1.6% in Q3 2025.