Growth Metrics

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

Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) has disclosed Net Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 3.54% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Net Margin fell 92.0% to 3.54% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 4.1% through Dec 2025, down 28.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 4.1% for FY2025, 28.0% down from the prior year.
  • Net Margin hit 3.54% in Q4 2025 for Cheesecake Factory, up from 3.52% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Net Margin ranged from a high of 5.8% in Q3 2024 to a low of 0.31% in Q3 2022.
  • Historically, Net Margin has averaged 3.26% across 5 years, with a median of 3.52% in 2025.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Net Margin: skyrocketed 2605bps in 2021 and later tumbled -464bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Net Margin stood at 0.44% in 2021, then tumbled by -170bps to 0.31% in 2022, then soared by 807bps to 2.16% in 2023, then soared by 107bps to 4.47% in 2024, then fell by -21bps to 3.54% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Net Margin for CAKE at 3.54% in Q4 2025, 3.52% in Q3 2025, and 5.73% in Q3 2025.