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Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Cheesecake Factory's Free Cash Flow history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at $49.8 million for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Free Cash Flow fell 8.12% year-over-year to $49.8 million; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $155.1 million, up 43.64%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $155.1 million, 43.64% up from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow for Q4 2025 was $49.8 million at Cheesecake Factory, down from $53.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $85.1 million in Q2 2021 and bottomed at -$29.5 million in Q3 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $29.6 million (2024), against an average of $29.6 million.
  • The largest annual shift saw Free Cash Flow plummeted 400.75% in 2021 before it skyrocketed 1126.51% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $76.1 million in 2021, then plummeted by 126.68% to -$20.3 million in 2022, then surged by 233.42% to $27.1 million in 2023, then soared by 100.01% to $54.1 million in 2024, then fell by 8.12% to $49.8 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CAKE's Free Cash Flow are $49.8 million (Q4 2025), $53.9 million (Q3 2025), and $15.3 million (Q3 2025).