CAKE · Nasdaq

CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC

Retail-Eating Places

Listing type has not been classified. Company financial ratios are not specific to a share class. CIK 0000887596

Dividend overview

Latest reported dividend

Not available

No event collected.

Next announced payment

Not available

No future payment is present in our collected records.

Ex-dividend date

Not reported

For the next collected payment. An unreported date is not inferred from the record date.

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Cash flow & dividend coverage

Cash payout ratio

35.2%

Annual cash dividends ÷ net income.

FCF payout ratio

33.7%

Annual cash dividends ÷ (operating cash flow − PP&E expenditures).

Company-level · annual period Jan 1, 2025 – Dec 30, 2025. Metric date: Oct 21, 2026. Calculated: 2026-10-21T15:00:12.894Z (UTC). Underlying filing

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Payout ratios describe historical financial results and do not guarantee future dividends. Read the calculation rules.

Cash-dividend numerator: Common-stock cash dividends. Total cash dividends may include more than the common-share distribution.

Dividend history

No matching dividend events have been collected. This does not establish that the company pays no dividend.

Financial context

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Annual net income

20212023202420242025

Reported annual periods; USD. Negative values extend below the baseline.

Selected annual US-GAAP cash-flow and earnings facts · USD
Reporting periodMeasureUSD millionsFiling
Dec 30, 2025From Jan 1, 2025Operating cash flow301.3SEC filingFeb 23, 2026
Dec 30, 2025From Jan 1, 2025Net income148.4SEC filingFeb 23, 2026
Dec 30, 2025From Jan 1, 2025Common-stock cash dividends52.2SEC filingFeb 23, 2026
Dec 30, 2025From Jan 1, 2025Capital expenditures (PP&E)146.2SEC filingFeb 23, 2026
Dec 31, 2024From Jan 3, 2024Operating cash flow268.3SEC filingFeb 23, 2026
Dec 31, 2024From Jan 3, 2024Net income156.8SEC filingFeb 23, 2026
Dec 31, 2024From Jan 3, 2024Common-stock cash dividends53.0SEC filingFeb 23, 2026
Dec 31, 2024From Jan 3, 2024Capital expenditures (PP&E)160.4SEC filingFeb 23, 2026
Jan 2, 2024From Jan 4, 2023Operating cash flow218.4SEC filingFeb 23, 2026
Jan 2, 2024From Jan 4, 2023Net income101.4SEC filingFeb 23, 2026
Jan 2, 2024From Jan 4, 2023Common-stock cash dividends53.2SEC filingFeb 23, 2026
Jan 2, 2024From Jan 4, 2023Capital expenditures (PP&E)151.6SEC filingFeb 23, 2026
Jan 3, 2023From Dec 29, 2021Operating cash flow161.9SEC filingFeb 24, 2025
Jan 3, 2023From Dec 29, 2021Net income43.1SEC filingFeb 24, 2025
Jan 3, 2023From Dec 29, 2021Common-stock cash dividends42.3SEC filingFeb 24, 2025
Jan 3, 2023From Dec 29, 2021Capital expenditures (PP&E)112.5SEC filingFeb 24, 2025
Dec 28, 2021From Dec 30, 2020Operating cash flow213.0SEC filingFeb 26, 2024
Dec 28, 2021From Dec 30, 2020Net income72.4SEC filingFeb 26, 2024
Dec 28, 2021From Dec 30, 2020Common-stock cash dividends0.3SEC filingFeb 26, 2024
Dec 28, 2021From Dec 30, 2020Capital expenditures (PP&E)66.9SEC filingFeb 26, 2024

Latest filed value per tag and exact annual period, within the last seven years. Common-stock and total cash dividends are separate measures; do not add them together. These selected facts are not a complete financial statement.

Read the numbers in context

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Sources & corrections

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