Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)

Cheesecake Factory has disclosed Gross Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 72.99% for Q1 2026.

• Gross Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 72.99%, down 43.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 72.87% (down 26.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 72.97%, down 25.0% from the prior year.
• Gross Margin came in at 72.99% for Q1 2026 at Cheesecake Factory, down from 73.36% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 73.84% in Q1 2022 to a low of 71.81% in Q3 2025.
• The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 73.29% (2023), against an average of 73.12%.
• Peak annual rise in Gross Margin reached 277 bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 97 bps in 2022.
• Cheesecake Factory's Gross Margin stood at 72.32% in 2022, then advanced by 0 bps to 72.35% in 2023, then increased by 1 bps to 73.17% in 2024, then increased by 0 bps to 73.36% in 2025, then retreated by 1 bps to 72.99% in 2026.
• The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 72.99% (Q1 2026), 73.36% (Q4 2025), and 71.81% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.