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The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated
1W: -6.8% 1M: +3.1% 3M: +7.5% YTD: +108.0% 1Y: +96.7% 3Y: +277.4% 5Y: +186.1%
$108.47
-1.66 (-1.51%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±4.1%
$99 $104 $108 $113 $117
NASDAQ · Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants · Tech Score Neutral · Power 55 · $5.4B mcap · 46M float · 3.33% daily turnover · Short 61% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 72% of companies Debt: 27.8% of company value Bonds: $101.1M held by 39 funds → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the safest four tenths, about 1 in 3,500 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $0.94 (down 99.1%), The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $2.08B against a stock market value of $5.40B.
Distance to default 7.97 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $281.4M (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 39.2%; Altman Z'' 1.51. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow
$301M +12.3% ▲
5Y CAGR: +153.0%
Capital Expenditures
$146M +8.8% ▲
5Y CAGR: +23.5%
Free Cash Flow
$155M +43.6% ▲
Dividends Paid
$52M +1.6% ▲
Buybacks
$154M -744.3% ▼
Net Change in Cash
$132M +371.8% ▲

Cash Flow Composition

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Cash Flow Statement
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
— Operating Activities —
Net Income$72M$43M$101M$157M$148M
Depreciation & Amort.$90M$92M$93M$101M$109M
Stock-Based Comp.$23M$24M$26M$30M$27M
Change in Working Capital$31M-$11M-$13M-$20M-$3M
Other Non-Cash Items$18M$31M$27M$6M$27M
Operating Cash Flow$213M$162M$218M$268M$301M
— Investing Activities —
Capital Expenditures-$68M-$113M-$153M-$160M-$146M
Acquisitions (Net)$0$0$0$0$0
Investment Purchases$0$0$0$0$0
Investment Sales$0$0$0$0$0
Other Investing-$1M$329K-$274K-$733K-$1M
Investing Cash Flow-$69M-$113M-$153M-$161M-$147M
— Financing Activities —
Net Debt Issuance$195M$0$0-$20M$159M
Stock Repurchased-$6M-$63M-$46M-$18M-$154M
Dividends Paid-$19M-$42M-$53M-$53M-$52M
Other Financing-$471M-$18M-$24M$12M$0
Financing Cash Flow-$109M-$124M-$124M-$79M-$23M
Net Change in Cash$36M-$75M-$58M$28M$132M
Cash End of Period$190M$115M$56M$84M$216M
Free Cash Flow$145M$49M$65M$108M$155M

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