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

Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) has disclosed Free Cash Flow for 17 consecutive years, with $49.8 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow fell 8.12% to $49.8 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $155.1 million through Dec 2025, up 43.64% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $155.1 million for FY2025, 43.64% up from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow hit $49.8 million in Q4 2025 for Cheesecake Factory, down from $53.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $85.1 million in Q2 2021 to a low of -$29.5 million in Q3 2021.
  • Historically, Free Cash Flow has averaged $29.6 million across 5 years, with a median of $29.6 million in 2024.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Free Cash Flow: tumbled 400.75% in 2021 and later surged 1126.51% in 2025.
  • Year by year, Free Cash Flow stood at $76.1 million in 2021, then tumbled by 126.68% to -$20.3 million in 2022, then soared by 233.42% to $27.1 million in 2023, then skyrocketed by 100.01% to $54.1 million in 2024, then dropped by 8.12% to $49.8 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Free Cash Flow for CAKE at $49.8 million in Q4 2025, $53.9 million in Q3 2025, and $15.3 million in Q3 2025.