Growth Metrics

Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2025)

Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) has disclosed Share-based Compensation for 17 consecutive years, with $6.8 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Share-based Compensation fell 19.77% to $6.8 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $27.2 million through Dec 2025, down 9.1% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $27.2 million for FY2025, 9.1% down from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation hit $6.8 million in Q4 2025 for Cheesecake Factory, up from $5.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $8.6 million in Q1 2024 to a low of $5.4 million in Q3 2021.
  • Historically, Share-based Compensation has averaged $6.6 million across 5 years, with a median of $6.7 million in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Share-based Compensation: rose 29.6% in 2024 and later dropped 19.77% in 2025.
  • Year by year, Share-based Compensation stood at $6.7 million in 2021, then fell by 15.71% to $5.6 million in 2022, then rose by 5.15% to $5.9 million in 2023, then soared by 43.44% to $8.5 million in 2024, then dropped by 19.77% to $6.8 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Share-based Compensation for CAKE at $6.8 million in Q4 2025, $5.7 million in Q3 2025, and $7.2 million in Q3 2025.