Growth Metrics

Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.04% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales fell 1.0% to 0.04% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.04% through Dec 2025, changed 0.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.04% for FY2025, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales hit 0.04% in Q4 2025 for Cheesecake Factory, up from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.06% in Q3 2024 to a low of 0.0% in Q3 2022.
  • Historically, Return on Sales has averaged 0.03% across 5 years, with a median of 0.04% in 2025.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: rose 23bps in 2021 and later decreased -5bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.0% in 2021, then plummeted by -213bps to 0.0% in 2022, then soared by 807bps to 0.02% in 2023, then soared by 107bps to 0.04% in 2024, then dropped by -21bps to 0.04% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for CAKE at 0.04% in Q4 2025, 0.04% in Q3 2025, and 0.06% in Q3 2025.