Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) FCF Payout Ratio (2013 - 2026)

Cheesecake Factory has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 14 years of filings, most recently posting 0.27 for Q1 2026.

• FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.27, down 22.87% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.31 (down 32.04% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.34, down 31.5% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.27 for Q1 2026 at Cheesecake Factory, up from 0.26 in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 0.94 in Q3 2025 to a low of 9.31 in Q3 2024.
• The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.31 (2025), against an average of 0.48.
• Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio plunged 54.77% in 2024 and jumped 110.06% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Cheesecake Factory's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.69 in 2022, then jumped by 170.26% to 0.49 in 2023, then sank by 49.79% to 0.24 in 2024, then grew by 5.1% to 0.26 in 2025, then gained by 3.82% to 0.27 in 2026.
• The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.27 (Q1 2026), 0.26 (Q4 2025), and 0.23 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.