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

Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 13 consecutive years, with 0.26 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 5.1% to 0.26 in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.34 through Dec 2025, down 31.5% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.34 for FY2025, 31.5% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio hit 0.26 in Q4 2025 for Cheesecake Factory, up from 0.23 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.
  • Historically, FCF Payout Ratio has averaged 0.44 across 5 years, with a median of 0.26 in 2025.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Payout Ratio: skyrocketed 146.67% in 2021 and later plummeted 54.77% in 2024.
  • Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.19 in 2021, then crashed by 457.91% to 0.69 in 2022, then soared by 170.26% to 0.49 in 2023, then crashed by 49.79% to 0.24 in 2024, then rose by 5.1% to 0.26 in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Payout Ratio for CAKE at 0.26 in Q4 2025, 0.23 in Q3 2025, and 0.94 in Q3 2025.