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

Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) has 14 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.27 in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 22.87% year-over-year to 0.27; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.31 (down 32.04% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.34, down 31.5% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio rose to 0.27 in Q1 2026, 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.
• A 5-year average of 0.48 and a median of 0.31 in 2025 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
• Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio slumped 54.77% in 2024 and jumped 110.06% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Tracing CAKE's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.69 in 2022, then soared by 170.26% to 0.49 in 2023, then slumped by 49.79% to 0.24 in 2024, then climbed by 5.1% to 0.26 in 2025, then rose by 3.82% to 0.27 in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows CAKE's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.27 in Q1 2026, 0.26 in Q4 2025, and 0.23 in Q3 2025.