Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) FCF Payout Ratio (2013 - 2026)
Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) posted FCF Payout Ratio of 0.27 for Q1 2026, up 3.82% sequentially from 0.26 in Q4 2025, and down 22.87% YoY from 0.35 in Q1 2025.
Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) FCF Payout Ratio (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Cheesecake Factory has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 14 years, with the latest figure at 0.27 in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 22.87% year-over-year to 0.27 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.31 (down 32.04% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.34, down 31.5% from the prior year.
- FCF Payout Ratio rose to 0.27 in Q1 2026 per CAKE's latest filing, from 0.26 in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 0.94 in Q3 2025 and troughed at 9.31 in Q3 2024.
- A 5-year average of 0.48 and a median of 0.31 in 2025 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: FCF Payout Ratio plunged 54.77% in 2024, then soared 110.06% in 2025.
- Over 5 years, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.69 in 2022, then soared by 170.26% to 0.49 in 2023, then sank by 49.79% to 0.24 in 2024, then rose by 5.1% to 0.26 in 2025, then climbed by 3.82% to 0.27 in 2026.
- According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.27, 0.26, and 0.23 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 0.32 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.27 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 0.26 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.23 |
| Jul 1, 2025 | 0.94 |
| Apr 1, 2025 | 0.35 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.24 |
| Oct 1, 2024 | 0.51 |
| Jul 2, 2024 | -9.31 |
| Apr 2, 2024 | 0.43 |
| Jan 2, 2024 | 0.54 |
| Apr 4, 2023 | 0.49 |
| Sep 27, 2022 | -0.69 |
| Jun 29, 2021 | -0.02 |
| Mar 30, 2021 | 0.15 |
| Mar 31, 2020 | -0.32 |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 0.21 |
| Oct 1, 2019 | 1.04 |
| Jul 2, 2019 | 0.43 |
| Apr 2, 2019 | 0.73 |