Growth Metrics

Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Cheesecake Factory's Return on Invested Capital history spans 14 years, with the latest figure at 0.45% for Q3 2025.

  • For Q3 2025, Return on Invested Capital changed N/A year-over-year to 0.45%; the TTM value through Sep 2025 reached 0.45%, changed N/A, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.04%, 29.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q3 2025 was 0.45% at Cheesecake Factory, up from 0.09% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.45% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 0.24% in Q1 2021.
  • The 4-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.09% (2022), against an average of 0.1%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Invested Capital surged 44bps in 2021 before it tumbled -41bps in 2024.
  • A 4-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.06% in 2021, then grew by 12bps to 0.07% in 2022, then crashed by -243bps to 0.1% in 2024, then soared by 544bps to 0.45% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CAKE's Return on Invested Capital are 0.45% (Q3 2025), 0.09% (Q2 2025), and 0.1% (Q4 2024).