Growth Metrics

Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2025)

Cheesecake Factory's Operating Expenses history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at $928.3 million for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Operating Expenses fell 1.38% year-over-year to $928.3 million; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $3.6 billion, up 2.71%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $3.6 billion, 4.73% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses for Q4 2025 was $928.3 million at Cheesecake Factory, up from $870.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $974.6 million in Q1 2024 and bottomed at $61.0 million in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $831.8 million (2024), against an average of $785.4 million.
  • The largest annual shift saw Operating Expenses tumbled 92.25% in 2023 before it skyrocketed 1264.66% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $775.7 million in 2021, then increased by 1.35% to $786.2 million in 2022, then crashed by 92.25% to $61.0 million in 2023, then surged by 1444.38% to $941.3 million in 2024, then decreased by 1.38% to $928.3 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CAKE's Operating Expenses are $928.3 million (Q4 2025), $870.0 million (Q3 2025), and $891.0 million (Q3 2025).