Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 7.62% in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 36.0% year-over-year to 7.62%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 7.62% (down 36.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 7.89%, down 11.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed climbed to 7.62% in Q1 2026, from 7.57% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 8.27% in Q3 2025 to a low of 2.56% in Q3 2022.
• A 5-year average of 6.45% and a median of 7.45% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed surged 1147 bps in 2022 and slumped 54 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
• Tracing CAKE's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 2.56% in 2022, then jumped by 78 bps to 4.56% in 2023, then jumped by 72 bps to 7.83% in 2024, then declined by 3 bps to 7.57% in 2025, then increased by 1 bps to 7.62% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows CAKE's Return on Capital Employed at 7.62% in Q1 2026, 7.57% in Q4 2025, and 8.27% in Q3 2025.