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The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated is a restaurants business based in the US. The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated shares (CAKE) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated employs 46,250 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$2.2 billion.
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- CAKE shares summary
- Compare share dealing platforms
- Is CAKE stock a buy or sell?
- Stock performance over time
- Can I short CAKE shares?
- Are CAKE shares over-valued?
- The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's financials
- How volatile are CAKE shares?
- Does The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated pay a dividend?
- Have CAKE shares ever split?
- Other common questions
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated share price
Use our graph to track the performance of CAKE stocks over time.The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated shares at a glance
Information last updated 2020-09-25.
| Latest market close | USD$27.05 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | USD$14.52 - USD$45.24 |
| 50-day moving average | USD$28.3997 |
| 200-day moving average | USD$23.1305 |
| Wall St. target price | USD$26.28 |
| PE ratio | 9.8986 |
| Dividend yield | USD$1.44 (7.88%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$2.175 |
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Is it a good time to buy The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated stock?
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The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the close of $27.05 from 2020-09-29
| 1 week (2020-09-23) | -3.08% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2020-09-01) | -12.03% |
| 3 months (2020-06-30) | 18.02% |
| 6 months (2020-03-30) | 63.94% |
| 1 year (2019-09-30) | -35.10% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2018-09-28) | -49.48% |
| 3 years (2017-09-29) | -35.78% |
| 5 years (2015-09-30) | -49.87% |
Is The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated under- or over-valued?
Valuing The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's P/E ratio
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 10x. In other words, The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated shares trade at around 10x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's PEG ratio
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 4.6343. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's EBITDA
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$65.4 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated financials
| Revenue TTM | USD$2.2 billion |
|---|---|
| Gross profit TTM | USD$1 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | -0.62% |
| Return on equity TTM | -23.33% |
| Profit margin | -5.84% |
| Book value | $7.741 |
| Market capitalisation | USD$1.3 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Shorting The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated shares
There are currently 13.5 million The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated shares held short by investors – that's known as The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's "short interest". This figure is 5.3% down from 14.3 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated shares can be evaluated.
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated shares traded daily (recently around 1.6 million). The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's SIR currently stands at 8.65. In other words for every 100,000 The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated shares traded daily on the market, roughly 8650 shares are currently held short.
However The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated shares, or, against the total number of tradable The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's short interest could be expressed as 0.3% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated shares in existence, roughly 300 shares are currently held short) or 0.3647% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated shares, roughly 365 shares are currently held short).
A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated.
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The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 64.98% of net profits
Recently The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated has paid out, on average, around 64.98% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 7.88% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated shareholders could enjoy a 7.88% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's case, that would currently equate to about $1.44 per share.
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's most recent dividend payout was on 20 March 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 6 March 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").
Have The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's shares ever split?
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's shares were split on a 3:2 basis on 9 December 2004. So if you had owned 2 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 33.3% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated shares which in turn could have impacted The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's share price.
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's shares have ranged in value from as little as $14.52 up to $45.24. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's is 1.5139. This would suggest that The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated overview
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated engages in the operation of restaurants. As of February 26, 2020, it owned and operated 294 restaurants in the United States and Canada under the brands of The Cheesecake Factory and North Italia; and a collection of Fox Restaurant Concepts, as well as 26 The Cheesecake Factory restaurants operated under licensing agreements internationally. The company also operated two bakery facilities that produce cheesecakes and other baked products for international licensees, third-party bakery customers, retailers, and distributors. The company was founded in 1972 and is based in Calabasas, California.
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