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Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Cheesecake Factory's FCF Payout Ratio history spans 13 years, with the latest figure at 0.26 for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Payout Ratio rose 5.1% year-over-year to 0.26; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.34, down 31.5%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.34, 31.5% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q4 2025 was 0.26 at Cheesecake Factory, up from 0.23 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.94 in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 9.31 in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.25 (2024), against an average of 0.4.
  • The largest annual shift saw FCF Payout Ratio soared 146.67% in 2021 before it crashed 54.77% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.24 in 2021, then plummeted by 387.66% to 0.69 in 2022, then surged by 170.26% to 0.49 in 2023, then tumbled by 49.79% to 0.24 in 2024, then increased by 5.1% to 0.26 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CAKE's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.26 (Q4 2025), 0.23 (Q3 2025), and 0.94 (Q3 2025).