Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Cheesecake Factory has disclosed Free Cash Flow across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $53.3 million for Q1 2026.

• Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 came in at $53.3 million, up 47.76% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $172.3 million (up 50.6% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $155.1 million, up 43.64% from the prior year.
• Free Cash Flow came in at $53.3 million for Q1 2026 at Cheesecake Factory, up from $49.8 million in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $54.1 million in Q4 2024 to a low of -$20.3 million in Q3 2022.
• The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $32.9 million (2024), against an average of $29.3 million.
• Across the five-year window, Free Cash Flow sank 69.34% in 2022 and soared 1126.51% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Cheesecake Factory's Free Cash Flow stood at -$20.3 million in 2022, then jumped by 233.42% to $27.1 million in 2023, then surged by 100.01% to $54.1 million in 2024, then decreased by 8.12% to $49.8 million in 2025, then grew by 7.23% to $53.3 million in 2026.
• The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at $53.3 million (Q1 2026), $49.8 million (Q4 2025), and $53.9 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.