Growth Metrics

Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) has disclosed Gross Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 73.36% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin rose 19.0% to 73.36% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 72.97% through Dec 2025, down 25.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 72.97% for FY2025, 25.0% down from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin hit 73.36% in Q4 2025 for Cheesecake Factory, up from 71.81% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 78.34% in Q1 2021 to a low of 59.05% in Q4 2021.
  • Historically, Gross Margin has averaged 72.94% across 5 years, with a median of 73.36% in 2025.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Gross Margin: soared 1518bps in 2021 and later crashed -522bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Gross Margin stood at 59.05% in 2021, then rose by 22bps to 72.32% in 2022, then grew by 0bps to 72.35% in 2023, then grew by 1bps to 73.17% in 2024, then grew by 0bps to 73.36% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Gross Margin for CAKE at 73.36% in Q4 2025, 71.81% in Q3 2025, and 73.25% in Q3 2025.