In fiscal 2025, which ended Dec 30, 2025, The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated generated $301.3 million of cash from operations, up 37.9% from the year before. It spent $146.2 million on capital expenditures. That left free cash flow of $155.1 million. The company returned $52.2 million in dividends and $153.9 million in share buybacks to shareholders.
USD in millions, except per-share amounts and ratios. The percent under a figure is the change from the year before.
| Line |
FY 2026
Sep 29, 2026
|
FY 2025
Dec 30, 2025
|
FY 2024
Dec 31, 2024
|
FY 2024
Jan 2, 2024
|
FY 2023
Jan 3, 2023
|
FY 2021
Dec 28, 2021
|
FY 2020
Dec 29, 2020
|
FY 2019
Dec 31, 2019
|
FY 2018
Jan 1, 2019
|
FY 2017
Jan 2, 2018
|
FY 2010
Dec 28, 2010
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating | |||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization |
115
+16.7%
|
109
+17.1%
|
101
+9.8%
|
93
+0.8%
|
92
|
90
-1.9%
|
91
+3.7%
|
88
-8.2%
|
96
+3.5%
|
93
+5.4%
|
72
|
| Stock-based compensation |
30
+19.7%
|
27
+5.6%
|
30
+22.7%
|
26
+5.5%
|
24
|
23
+7.7%
|
21
+10.2%
|
19
-3.1%
|
20
+21.5%
|
16
-23.4%
|
11
|
| Operating cash flow |
389
+43.7%
|
301
+37.9%
|
268
+65.7%
|
218
+34.9%
|
162
|
213
+7224.8%
|
3
-98.7%
|
219
-24.9%
|
291
+22.0%
|
239
|
165
|
| Investing | |||||||||||
| Capital expenditures |
169
+11.4%
|
146
-3.5%
|
160
+42.6%
|
152
+34.8%
|
112
|
67
+33.0%
|
50
-31.8%
|
74
-28.3%
|
103
-14.8%
|
121
+4.3%
|
42
|
| Investing cash flow |
-170
-10.3%
|
-147
+4.1%
|
-161
-42.8%
|
-153
-36.1%
|
-113
|
-69
-34.8%
|
-51
+86.0%
|
-363
-178.4%
|
-130
+7.2%
|
-140
|
-42
|
| Financing | |||||||||||
| Dividends paid |
57
+7.7%
|
52
-1.9%
|
53
+25.5%
|
53
+25.9%
|
42
|
0
-97.9%
|
16
-74.0%
|
61
+7.9%
|
56
+12.8%
|
50
+17.7%
|
—
|
| Stock buybacks |
43
-74.9%
|
154
+233.9%
|
18
-71.1%
|
46
-27.0%
|
63
|
6
+59.2%
|
4
-92.9%
|
51
-53.3%
|
109
-11.1%
|
123
-16.0%
|
52
|
| Financing cash flow |
-159
-144.2%
|
-23
+81.6%
|
-79
+36.3%
|
-124
+0.1%
|
-124
|
-109
-175.7%
|
144
-18.4%
|
176
+225.5%
|
-140
+4.0%
|
-146
|
-115
|
| Change in cash | |||||||||||
| Effect of exchange rate |
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
-0
-58.8%
|
-0
-114.5%
|
0
+280.0%
|
-0
+36.9%
|
-0
|
—
|
| Net change in cash |
59
+15.4%
|
132
+324.9%
|
28
+137.3%
|
-58
+21.9%
|
-75
|
36
-62.8%
|
96
+200.5%
|
32
+54.8%
|
21
|
—
|
—
|
| Free cash flow |
219
+85.3%
|
155
+132.0%
|
108
+118.3%
|
67
+35.1%
|
49
|
146
+408.0%
|
-47
-132.7%
|
145
-23.0%
|
188
+59.6%
|
118
|
123
|
| Per share | |||||||||||
| Free cash flow per share |
4.46
+84.4%
|
3.19
+134.4%
|
2.20
+124.7%
|
1.36
+38.9%
|
0.98
|
3.01
+378.5%
|
-1.08
-133.2%
|
3.26
-20.2%
|
4.08
+66.3%
|
2.45
|
2.04
|
| Dividend per share |
—
|
1.08
+0.0%
|
1.08
+33.3%
|
1.08
+33.3%
|
0.81
|
0.36
|
—
|
1.38
+11.3%
|
1.24
+17.0%
|
1.06
+0.0%
|
—
|
| Shareholder returns | |||||||||||
| Returned to shareholders |
100
|
206
|
71
|
99
|
105
|
6
|
19
|
112
|
166
|
173
|
52
|
| Share of free cash flow |
45.55%
|
132.89%
|
66.01%
|
148.56%
|
213.10%
|
4.18%
|
—
|
77.04%
|
87.86%
|
146.47%
|
42.21%
|
| Ratios | |||||||||||
| Free cash flow margin |
5.48%
|
4.13%
|
3.01%
|
1.94%
|
1.50%
|
4.99%
|
-2.39%
|
5.84%
|
8.08%
|
5.22%
|
7.44%
|
| Capital expenditures to revenue |
4.23%
|
3.90%
|
4.48%
|
4.41%
|
3.40%
|
2.29%
|
2.54%
|
2.97%
|
4.41%
|
5.34%
|
2.52%
|
| Stock-based compensation to revenue |
0.74%
|
0.73%
|
0.84%
|
0.75%
|
0.74%
|
0.79%
|
1.08%
|
0.78%
|
0.86%
|
0.73%
|
0.66%
|
| Cash conversion |
1.87x
|
2.03x
|
1.71x
|
2.15x
|
3.75x
|
2.94x
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
How these figures are calculated
Annual columns are full-year amounts from the annual report (Form 10-K, 20-F, or 40-F). If a company restates a year, the latest filed number is shown. USD in millions, except per-share amounts and ratios. Capital expenditures, debt repaid, dividends, and buybacks are positive amounts. Investing and financing cash flow keep the filing sign, so an outflow is negative. Free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital expenditures. The first column is the trailing twelve months through the latest quarter. Returned to shareholders is dividends plus buybacks. Free cash flow margin, capital expenditures, and stock-based compensation are divided by revenue. Cash conversion is operating cash flow divided by net income. More on our methodology.
Company profile
- Industry
- Retail-Eating Places (SIC 5812)
- Listed as
- CAKE (Nasdaq)
- Fiscal year ends
- December 30
- Incorporated in
- DE
- Headquarters
- Calabasas Hills, CA
- SEC filer status
- Large accelerated filer
- SEC CIK
- 887596
- Former names
- CHEESECAKE FACTORY INCORPORATED (until Mar 1, 2007)
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Source: SEC EDGAR filings. This is company-reported data, not investment advice.