CAKE
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated
- Consumer Discretionary
- US companies in Restaurants (9)
- NASDAQ · USD
- Mkt cap $5.4bn
$108.47
as of 27 Oct 2026, 9% below its 52-week high
Screens as well placed to keep growing its dividend, with low cut-risk signals. Its valuation looks rich against its own history.
These scores are a resilience check on the dividend, not a recommendation to buy or sell. They are not financial advice.
- Trailing yield
- 1.08%Last 12 months of regular payments at today's price
- Forward yield
- 1.08%Each payment expected in the next 12 months, not the latest one doubled
- Earnings cover
- 3.8×Pays 27% of earnings
- Cash cover
- 3.7×Free cash flow over dividends paid
- 5y dividend growth
- +24.6% a yearMeasured from a cut in FY2020
- Next ex-dividend date
- Estimated10 Nov 2026Quarterly dividend of about $0.27
Compared with US companies in Restaurants (9)
- Trailing yield is lower than 7 of the 8 other US companies in Restaurants.
- 5y dividend growth (as paid) is higher than 5 of the 8 other US companies in Restaurants.
Quality
93
HighCapacity to keep growing the dividend
Risk
25
LowSignals of dividend-cut pressure
Trim
78
HighHow extended the valuation looks
Why Trim is 78
CAKE against US companies in Restaurants (9)
Valuation against its own history
As of the last reported period (30 Jun 2026). P80 means the figure is higher than 80% of CAKE’s past readings.
- P/E20.8×P73, poor for this measure
- Yield1.43%P18, poor for this measure
- FCF payout26.8%P17, good for this measure
- Net debt / EBITDA5.92P29, good for this measure
- ROIC6.8%P61, neutral for this measure
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