Weekly Investment Analysts’ Ratings Updates for Cheesecake Factory (CAKE)

Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ: CAKE) recently received a number of ratings updates from brokerages and research firms:

• 2/20/2025 – Cheesecake Factory had its price target raised by analysts at Morgan Stanley from $37.00 to $40.00. They now have an “underweight” rating on the stock.
• 2/20/2025 – Cheesecake Factory had its price target raised by analysts at Barclays PLC from $46.00 to $50.00. They now have an “underweight” rating on the stock.
• 2/20/2025 – Cheesecake Factory had its price target raised by analysts at UBS Group AG from $41.00 to $45.00. They now have a “sell” rating on the stock.
• 2/20/2025 – Cheesecake Factory had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Stephens. They now have a $60.00 price target on the stock.
• 2/20/2025 – Cheesecake Factory had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at William Blair.
• 2/20/2025 – Cheesecake Factory had its price target raised by analysts at Wedbush from $59.00 to $61.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 2/20/2025 – Cheesecake Factory had its price target raised by analysts at Piper Sandler from $47.00 to $51.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 2/20/2025 – Cheesecake Factory had its price target raised by analysts at Robert W. Baird from $52.00 to $57.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 2/20/2025 – Cheesecake Factory had its price target raised by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $45.00 to $52.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 2/6/2025 – Cheesecake Factory had its price target raised by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from $56.00 to $64.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 2/4/2025 – Cheesecake Factory had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Citigroup Inc..
• 1/7/2025 – Cheesecake Factory had its price target raised by analysts at UBS Group AG from $36.00 to $41.00. They now have a “sell” rating on the stock.
• 1/7/2025 – Cheesecake Factory was upgraded by analysts at Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating. They now have a $65.00 price target on the stock.

Cheesecake Factory Trading Up 0.8 %

NASDAQ CAKE opened at $55.07 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 0.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.19. The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated has a 52 week low of $33.05 and a 52 week high of $57.32. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $51.23 and a 200-day moving average price of $45.74. The company has a market cap of $2.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.21, a P/E/G ratio of 1.31 and a beta of 1.51.

Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ:CAKE) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The restaurant operator reported $1.04 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.91 by $0.13. Cheesecake Factory had a net margin of 4.38% and a return on equity of 45.89%. The business had revenue of $920.96 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $912.67 million. As a group, equities analysts expect that The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated will post 3.71 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Cheesecake Factory Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 18th. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 5th will be issued a $0.27 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 5th. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.96%. Cheesecake Factory’s dividend payout ratio is presently 33.75%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Cheesecake Factory

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in CAKE. Quest Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Cheesecake Factory in the third quarter valued at about $973,000. Principal Financial Group Inc. grew its position in Cheesecake Factory by 9.6% in the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 255,595 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $10,364,000 after purchasing an additional 22,416 shares in the last quarter. New Century Financial Group LLC purchased a new stake in Cheesecake Factory in the 4th quarter valued at about $1,142,000. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC bought a new position in shares of Cheesecake Factory during the 4th quarter worth approximately $270,000. Finally, Victory Capital Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Cheesecake Factory by 32.7% in the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 403,271 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $16,353,000 after buying an additional 99,341 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.48% of the company’s stock.

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.