THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY INCORPORATED (CAKE) Free cash flow
- Free cash flow · 12 months (USD): Value $206.30M; Formula and calculation Operating cash flow minus capital spending; distinct from the saved levered FCF quote figure. Period ending 2026-06-30..
- Price / free cash flow · 12 months: Value (m); Formula and calculation Market cap / trailing-year free cash flow; inverse of FCF yield before percent scaling. Period ending 2026-06-30..
- Free cash flow yield · 12 months: Value (m); Formula and calculation (Operating cash flow − capital spending) / current market cap. Period ending 2026-06-30..
- Free cash flow margin · 12 months: Value 5.32%; Formula and calculation (Operating cash flow − capital spending) / revenue. Period ending 2026-06-30..
Free cash flow
Overview →Financial period ending 2026-06-30; current quote (m). Amounts retain their stated periods and units.
| Metric | Value | Formula and calculation |
|---|---|---|
| Free cash flow · 12 months (USD) | $206.30M | Operating cash flow minus capital spending; distinct from the saved levered FCF quote figure. Period ending 2026-06-30. $354.45M − $148.15M ≈ $206.30M |
| Price / free cash flow · 12 months | (m) | Market cap / trailing-year free cash flow; inverse of FCF yield before percent scaling. Period ending 2026-06-30. Calculation unavailable: missing inputs remain (m). |
| Free cash flow yield · 12 months | (m) | (Operating cash flow − capital spending) / current market cap. Period ending 2026-06-30. Calculation unavailable: missing inputs remain (m). |
| Free cash flow margin · 12 months | 5.32% | (Operating cash flow − capital spending) / revenue. Period ending 2026-06-30. $206.30M ÷ $3.88B × 100 ≈ 5.32% |
| Free cash flow per share · 12 months | (m) | (Trailing-year operating cash flow − capital spending) / reported quarter-end common shares. Period ending 2026-06-30. Calculation unavailable: missing inputs remain (m). |
| Operating cash flow · 12 months | $354.45M | Cash generated by operating activities. Period ending 2026-06-30. |
| Operating cash flow / net income · 12 months | 1.99× | Operating cash flow / net income. Period ending 2026-06-30. $354.45M ÷ $178.19M ≈ 1.99× |
Calculation inputs
| Input | Amount with unit | Raw financial data |
|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 354.45M USD | Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities · Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities, Continuing Operations |
| Capital spending | 148.15M USD | Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment |
| Market cap | (m) | |
| Free cash flow | 206.30M USD | Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities · Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities, Continuing Operations · Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment |
| Revenue | 3.88B USD | Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax |
| Quarter-end shares | (m) | Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding |
| Net income | 178.19M USD | Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent |
Calculated history
Changes compare with the next older row (previous quarter), unless explicitly labeled otherwise. Rolling 12-month growth compares two successive quarter-end rolling totals; it is not year-over-year growth.
| Period ending | Free cash flow | FCF per share | Operating cash flow | Capital spending (USD) | Market cap (USD) | Revenue (USD) | Quarter-end shares (shares) | Net income (USD) | Price / FCF | FCF yield | FCF margin | Cash conversion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | $206.30M | (m) | $354.45M | $148.15M | (m) | $3.88B | (m) | $178.19M | (m) | (m) | 5.32% | 1.99× |
| 2026-03-31 | $172.32M | (m) | $319.09M | $146.76M | (m) | $3.80B | (m) | $164.61M | (m) | (m) | 4.53% | 1.94× |
| 2025-12-30 | $155.08M | (m) | $301.28M | $146.20M | (m) | $3.75B | (m) | $148.43M | (m) | (m) | 4.13% | 2.03× |
| 2025-09-30 | $159.47M | (m) | $320.38M | $160.90M | (m) | $3.71B | (m) | $160.81M | (m) | (m) | 4.30% | 1.99× |
| 2025-07-01 | $131.21M | (m) | $309.64M | $178.43M | (m) | $3.67B | (m) | $158.90M | (m) | (m) | 3.58% | 1.95× |
| 2025-04-01 | $114.43M | (m) | $280.50M | $166.07M | (m) | $3.62B | (m) | $156.53M | (m) | (m) | 3.16% | 1.79× |
| 2024-12-31 | $107.96M | (m) | $268.32M | $160.36M | (m) | $3.58B | (m) | $156.78M | (m) | (m) | 3.01% | 1.71× |
| 2024-10-01 | $70.03M | (m) | $242.18M | $172.15M | (m) | (m) | (m) | $128.31M | (m) | (m) | (m) | 1.89× |
| 2024-07-02 | $56.13M | (m) | $211.33M | $155.20M | (m) | (m) | (m) | $116.26M | (m) | (m) | (m) | 1.82× |
| 2024-04-02 | $69.40M | (m) | $220.11M | $150.71M | (m) | (m) | (m) | $106.49M | (m) | (m) | (m) | 2.07× |
| 2024-01-02 | $66.84M | (m) | $218.40M | $151.56M | (m) | (m) | (m) | $101.35M | (m) | (m) | (m) | 2.15× |
| 2023-10-03 | $79.24M | (m) | $213.57M | $134.33M | (m) | (m) | (m) | $85.37M | (m) | (m) | (m) | 2.50× |
| 2023-07-04 | $47.18M | (m) | $175.93M | $128.74M | (m) | (m) | (m) | $65.03M | (m) | (m) | (m) | 2.71× |
| 2023-04-04 | $72.12M | (m) | $193.45M | $121.33M | (m) | (m) | (m) | $48.01M | (m) | (m) | (m) | 4.03× |
| 2023-01-03 | $49.46M | (m) | $161.93M | $112.46M | (m) | (m) | (m) | $43.12M | (m) | (m) | (m) | 3.75× |
| 2022-09-27 | $96.91M | (m) | $192.74M | $95.84M | (m) | (m) | (m) | $48.53M | (m) | (m) | (m) | 3.97× |
| 2022-06-28 | $87.66M | (m) | $170.09M | $82.42M | (m) | (m) | (m) | $83.61M | (m) | (m) | (m) | 2.03× |
| 2022-03-29 | $136.07M | (m) | $224.88M | $88.81M | (m) | (m) | (m) | $91.67M | (m) | (m) | (m) | 2.45× |
| 2021-12-28 | $146.06M | (m) | $213.01M | $66.94M | (m) | (m) | (m) | $72.37M | (m) | (m) | (m) | 2.94× |
| 2021-09-28 | $93.59M | (m) | $154.80M | $61.22M | (m) | (m) | (m) | $37.95M | (m) | (m) | (m) | 4.08× |
| 2021-06-29 | $117.22M | (m) | $169.03M | $51.81M | (m) | (m) | (m) | $-23.08M | (m) | (m) | (m) | -7.32× |
| 2021-03-30 | $15.75M | (m) | $57.53M | $41.78M | (m) | (m) | (m) | $-113.33M | (m) | (m) | (m) | -0.51× |
| 2020-12-29 | $-47.42M | (m) | $2.91M | $50.33M | (m) | (m) | (m) | $-253.37M | (m) | (m) | (m) | -0.01× |
| 2020-09-29 | $4.49M | (m) | $69.82M | $65.33M | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2020-06-30 | $25.49M | (m) | $99.31M | $73.82M | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2020-03-31 | $76.08M | (m) | $152.26M | $76.19M | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2019-12-31 | $145.00M | (m) | $218.76M | $73.77M | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2019-10-01 | $154.52M | (m) | $225.42M | $70.89M | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2019-07-02 | $154.13M | (m) | $234.54M | $80.41M | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2019-04-02 | $164.32M | (m) | $249.89M | $85.57M | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2019-01-01 | $188.41M | (m) | $291.31M | $102.91M | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2018-10-02 | $140.61M | (m) | $266.69M | $126.08M | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2018-07-03 | $136.46M | (m) | $265.40M | $128.95M | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2018-04-03 | $133.39M | (m) | $265.63M | $132.24M | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2018-01-02 | $118.02M | (m) | $238.80M | $120.78M | (m) | $2.26B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 5.22% | (m) |
| 2017-10-03 | $113.05M | (m) | $231.68M | $118.63M | (m) | $2.29B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 4.93% | (m) |
| 2017-07-04 | $138.73M | (m) | $258.04M | $119.31M | (m) | $2.30B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 6.04% | (m) |
| 2017-04-04 | $155.68M | (m) | $268.28M | $112.60M | (m) | $2.29B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 6.81% | (m) |
| 2017-01-03 | $186.70M | (m) | $302.52M | $115.82M | (m) | $2.28B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 8.20% | (m) |
| 2016-09-27 | $174.91M | (m) | $290.87M | $115.95M | (m) | $2.20B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 7.95% | (m) |
| 2016-06-28 | $131.57M | (m) | $266.24M | $134.68M | (m) | $2.17B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 6.07% | (m) |
| 2016-03-29 | $94.15M | (m) | $246.38M | $152.23M | (m) | $2.14B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 4.41% | (m) |
| 2015-12-29 | $81.48M | (m) | $235.42M | $153.94M | (m) | $2.10B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 3.88% | (m) |
| 2015-09-29 | $105.06M | (m) | $239.76M | $134.70M | (m) | $2.07B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 5.07% | (m) |
| 2015-06-30 | $122.86M | (m) | $238.51M | $115.64M | (m) | $2.05B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 6.01% | (m) |
| 2015-03-31 | $119.85M | (m) | $227.88M | $108.03M | (m) | $2.01B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 5.95% | (m) |
| 2014-12-30 | $125.67M | (m) | $239.65M | $113.98M | (m) | $1.98B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 6.36% | (m) |
| 2014-09-30 | $88.38M | (m) | $215.45M | $127.06M | (m) | $1.95B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 4.53% | (m) |
| 2014-07-01 | $111.67M | (m) | $238.25M | $126.58M | (m) | $1.92B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 5.81% | (m) |
| 2014-04-01 | $114.96M | (m) | $236.77M | $121.81M | (m) | $1.90B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 6.06% | (m) |
| 2013-12-31 | $98.50M | (m) | $204.78M | $106.29M | (m) | $1.88B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 5.24% | (m) |
| 2013-10-01 | $131.65M | (m) | $220.58M | $88.93M | (m) | $1.87B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 7.05% | (m) |
| 2013-07-02 | $120.22M | (m) | $209.76M | $89.54M | (m) | $1.85B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 6.49% | (m) |
| 2013-04-02 | $114.45M | (m) | $199.13M | $84.67M | (m) | $1.84B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 6.23% | (m) |
| 2013-01-01 | $108.93M | (m) | $195.37M | $86.44M | (m) | $1.81B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 6.02% | (m) |
| 2012-10-02 | $108.15M | (m) | $199.29M | $91.14M | (m) | $1.82B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 5.94% | (m) |
| 2012-07-03 | $95.58M | (m) | $176.57M | $80.99M | (m) | $1.80B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 5.31% | (m) |
| 2012-04-03 | $102.32M | (m) | $184.91M | $82.59M | (m) | $1.77B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 5.77% | (m) |
| 2012-01-03 | $119.32M | (m) | $196.06M | $76.75M | (m) | $1.76B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 6.79% | (m) |
| 2011-09-27 | $113.55M | (m) | $176.20M | $62.65M | (m) | $1.70B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 6.69% | (m) |
| 2011-06-28 | $128.69M | (m) | $182.84M | $54.16M | (m) | $1.68B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 7.64% | (m) |
| 2011-03-29 | $125.87M | (m) | $171.31M | $45.44M | (m) | $1.67B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 7.52% | (m) |
| 2010-12-28 | $123.39M | (m) | $165.24M | $41.85M | (m) | $1.66B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 7.44% | (m) |
| 2010-09-28 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2010-06-29 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2010-03-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2009-12-29 | $159.89M | (m) | $197.13M | $37.24M | (m) | $1.60B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 9.98% | (m) |
| 2009-09-29 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2009-06-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2008-12-30 | $84.28M | (m) | $169.19M | $84.91M | (m) | $1.61B | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | 5.25% | (m) |
(m) means missing inputs. Historical market-based ratios use the saved close on or immediately before period ending and that period’s reported shares; current quotes are not substituted. Five-year projections repeat historical CAGR, not analyst forecasts.
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