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CAKE Dividends

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: 27.5% 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 $5.48B.
Distance to default 8.01 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, 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.

Dividend Overview

1.07%
Dividend Yield
$1.17
Annual Dividend
31.0%
Payout Ratio
26.8%
FCF Payout
0
Yr Increase Streak
1.09%
Buyback Yield
2.33%
Total Return
5.46%
Chowder Number

Annual Dividend History

Quarterly Payment History

Shareholder Returns: Dividends vs Buybacks

Full Payment History (49 payments)
Ex-DateAmountAdj. AmountYieldFrequency
2026-08-11 $0.3000 $0.3000 103.48% Quarterly
2026-05-13 $0.3000 $0.3000 201.66% Quarterly
2026-03-04 $0.3000 $0.3000 173.33% Quarterly
2025-11-10 $0.2700 $0.2700 234.99% Quarterly
2025-08-12 $0.2700 $0.2700 173.19% Quarterly
2025-05-14 $0.2700 $0.2700 199.08% Quarterly
2025-03-05 $0.2700 $0.2700 216.30% Quarterly
2024-11-13 $0.2700 $0.2700 223.51% Quarterly
2024-08-14 $0.2700 $0.2700 305.43% Quarterly
2024-05-21 $0.2700 $0.2700 287.31% Quarterly
2024-03-05 $0.2700 $0.2700 301.26% Quarterly
2023-11-14 $0.2700 $0.2700 331.59% Quarterly
2023-08-15 $0.2700 $0.2700 313.41% Quarterly
2023-05-23 $0.2700 $0.2700 327.17% Quarterly
2023-03-07 $0.2700 $0.2700 295.00% Quarterly
2022-11-14 $0.2700 $0.2700 222.28% Quarterly
2022-08-09 $0.2700 $0.2700 180.24% Quarterly
2022-05-10 $0.2700 $0.2700 78.67% Quarterly
2020-03-06 $0.3600 $0.3600 448.47% Quarterly
2019-11-08 $0.3600 $0.3600 320.48% Quarterly
2019-08-13 $0.3600 $0.3600 344.65% Quarterly
2019-05-15 $0.3300 $0.3300 279.48% Quarterly
2019-03-01 $0.3300 $0.3300 273.21% Quarterly
2018-11-13 $0.3300 $0.3300 242.19% Quarterly
2018-08-14 $0.3300 $0.3300 238.38% Quarterly
2018-05-09 $0.2900 $0.2900 218.17% Quarterly
2018-02-27 $0.2900 $0.2900 234.82% Quarterly
2017-11-14 $0.2900 $0.2900 236.08% Quarterly
2017-08-14 $0.2900 $0.2900 224.64% Quarterly
2017-05-15 $0.2400 $0.2400 164.02% Quarterly
2017-03-06 $0.2400 $0.2400 148.80% Quarterly
2016-11-07 $0.2400 $0.2400 166.57% Quarterly
2016-08-08 $0.2400 $0.2400 164.96% Quarterly
2016-05-09 $0.2000 $0.2000 155.25% Quarterly
2016-02-26 $0.2000 $0.2000 152.12% Quarterly
2015-11-05 $0.2000 $0.2000 152.02% Quarterly
2015-08-03 $0.2000 $0.2000 120.79% Quarterly
2015-05-04 $0.1650 $0.1650 131.34% Quarterly
2015-02-23 $0.1650 $0.1650 128.46% Quarterly
2014-11-03 $0.1650 $0.1650 132.52% Quarterly
2014-08-04 $0.1650 $0.1650 135.64% Quarterly
2014-05-05 $0.1400 $0.1400 124.22% Quarterly
2014-02-24 $0.1400 $0.1400 115.83% Quarterly
2013-11-04 $0.1400 $0.1400 109.70% Quarterly
2013-08-05 $0.1400 $0.1400 113.90% Quarterly
2013-05-06 $0.1200 $0.1200 121.52% Quarterly
2013-03-04 $0.1200 $0.1200 102.80% Quarterly
2012-11-05 $0.1200 $0.1200 70.63% Quarterly
2012-08-06 $0.1200 $0.1200 36.44% Quarterly
Stock Split History (4 splits)
DateRatioType
2004-12-09 3:2 stock-split
2001-06-19 3:2 stock-split
2000-06-09 3:2 stock-split
1998-04-02 3:2 stock-split

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