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

Cheesecake Factory has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 1.49% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 1.49%, down 649.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.49% (down 649.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 1.44%, down 656.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 1.49% for Q1 2026 at Cheesecake Factory, up from 1.38% 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 1.38% in Q4 2025.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 6.12% (2023), against an average of 5.68%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed surged 1147 bps in 2022 and slumped 649 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
• Cheesecake Factory's Return on Capital Employed stood at 2.56% in 2022, then surged by 78 bps to 4.56% in 2023, then surged by 72 bps to 7.83% in 2024, then plunged by 82 bps to 1.38% in 2025, then climbed by 8 bps to 1.49% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 1.49% (Q1 2026), 1.38% (Q4 2025), and 8.27% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.