FY2025 EPS Estimates for Cheesecake Factory Cut by Wedbush

The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (NASDAQ:CAKE) – Equities researchers at Wedbush cut their FY2025 earnings estimates for Cheesecake Factory in a report issued on Thursday, February 20th. Wedbush analyst N. Setyan now forecasts that the restaurant operator will earn $3.70 per share for the year, down from their previous estimate of $3.73. Wedbush currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $61.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Cheesecake Factory’s current full-year earnings is $3.71 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Cheesecake Factory’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.25 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $1.44 EPS.

A number of other research firms also recently weighed in on CAKE. UBS Group increased their target price on shares of Cheesecake Factory from $41.00 to $45.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 20th. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price objective on Cheesecake Factory from $49.00 to $58.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, December 16th. Oppenheimer upgraded Cheesecake Factory from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $65.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on Cheesecake Factory from $45.00 to $52.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, February 20th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price objective on shares of Cheesecake Factory from $56.00 to $64.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 6th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $52.19.

Cheesecake Factory Stock Down 1.2 %

Shares of NASDAQ CAKE opened at $54.41 on Monday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $51.31 and a 200 day simple moving average of $45.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.19, a current ratio of 0.44 and a quick ratio of 0.33. Cheesecake Factory has a 1 year low of $33.05 and a 1 year high of $57.32. The firm has a market cap of $2.78 billion, a PE ratio of 17.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.31 and a beta of 1.51.

Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ:CAKE) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The restaurant operator reported $1.04 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.91 by $0.13. The firm had revenue of $920.96 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $912.67 million. Cheesecake Factory had a return on equity of 45.89% and a net margin of 4.38%.

Cheesecake Factory Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 18th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 5th will be given a $0.27 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 5th. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.98%. Cheesecake Factory’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 33.75%.

Institutional Trading of Cheesecake Factory

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Golden State Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Cheesecake Factory in the fourth quarter worth approximately $25,000. Versant Capital Management Inc boosted its holdings in shares of Cheesecake Factory by 108.1% during the fourth quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 616 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $29,000 after purchasing an additional 320 shares during the period. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. purchased a new stake in Cheesecake Factory in the 4th quarter worth approximately $43,000. Venturi Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in Cheesecake Factory by 1,149.5% in the fourth quarter. Venturi Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,312 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $62,000 after acquiring an additional 1,207 shares in the last quarter. Finally, KBC Group NV increased its position in shares of Cheesecake Factory by 46.9% during the fourth quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 2,321 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $110,000 after buying an additional 741 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.48% of the company’s stock.

Cheesecake Factory Company Profile

The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated operates and licenses restaurants in the United States and Canada. The company operates bakeries that produce cheesecakes and other baked products for its restaurants, international licensees, third-party bakery customers, external foodservice operators, retailers, and distributors.