“As a percentage of revenues cost of sales were 21.8% and 21.6% in the second quarters of fiscal 2026 and 2025, respectively, primarily due to higher meat, produce and seafood costs (0.7%), partially offset by lower dairy pricing (0.4%) Labor Expenses As a per…”10-Q · Aug 3, 2026 ↗
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated
CAKE
Market read
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 3 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 0 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 7.7% versus the comparable filing period.
- Cost of sales rose as a share of revenue because meat, produce, and seafood costs increased, while labor expense as a share of revenue declined.
- Repurchases limited by loan agreement covenants that restrict timing and amount based on a defined ratio.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if CAKE's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 3 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 0 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 7.7% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 0.9 percentage points.
- Net income increased 24.8% versus the comparable filing period.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- Cost of sales rose as a share of revenue because meat, produce, and seafood costs increased, while labor expense as a share of revenue declined.
- Repurchases limited by loan agreement covenants that restrict timing and amount based on a defined ratio.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 2.03x in the latest annual period.
- Labor availability and costs has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Macroeconomic conditions has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Supply chain and availability has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Pricing and mix has repeated adverse evidence across 4 filings.
- P/E is 18% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 11, 2026
102.72Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“Geopolitical and Other Macroeconomic Impacts to our Operating Environment In recent years, our operating results were impacted by geopolitical and macroeconomic events, causing supply chain challenges and significantly increased commodity and wage inflation.”10-Q · Aug 3, 2026 ↗
“Geopolitical and Other Macroeconomic Impacts to our Operating Environment In recent years, our operating results were impacted by geopolitical and macroeconomic events, causing supply chain challenges and significantly increased commodity and wage inflation.”10-Q · Aug 3, 2026 ↗
“This decrease was primarily due to menu price increases in excess of wage rate inflation and productivity (0.4%), partially offset by higher group medical cost due to increased claim activity (0.3%).”10-Q · May 4, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 1.3× · EV/sales 1.4×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for CAKE. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment
Fundamentals strengthened in the latest filing
10-Q filed 2026-08-03 against the comparable filing from 2025-08-04.
Capital and cash conversion
Cash conversion improved
Capital-spending intensity declined while free-cash-flow margin improved.
- Capital spending YoY
- +2.3%
- Capital spending / revenue
- +4.3%
- Free-cash-flow margin
- +5.1%
- FCF margin change
- +2.4 pts
Capex, revenue, and operating cash flow are matched to the same reported duration. Reported accounting context, not a forecast or trading recommendation.
What improved
- Revenue increased 7.7% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 0.9 percentage points.
- Net income increased 24.8% versus the comparable filing period.
What weakened
No thresholded deterioration was identified.
Filing receipts
“As a percentage of revenues cost of sales were 21.8% and 21.6% in the second quarters of fiscal 2026 and 2025, respectively, primarily due to higher meat, produce and seafood costs (0.7%), partially offset by lower dairy pricing (0.4%) Labor Expenses As a percentage of revenues, labor expenses, which include restaurant-level labor costs and bakery production labor, including associated fringe benefits, were 34.1% and 34.9% in the second quarters of fiscal 2026 and 2025, respectively.”
“The increase from the first six months of fiscal 2025 was primarily driven by an increase in average check of 3.1% (based on an increase of 3.2% in menu pricing, partially offset by a 0.1% negative change from menu mix) and higher customer traffic of 0.6%.”
“The decrease from fiscal 2025 was primarily driven by decreased customer traffic of 5%, partially offset by an increase in average check of 2% (based on an increase of 3% in menu pricing, partially offset by a 1% negative impact from mix).”
Historical filing backfill generated after the original filing window. It is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind CAKE
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
CAKE is currently a Early Follower in the organic co-movement group Restaurants. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. No verified filing-linked names are available yet.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.