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Cheesecake Factory Inc (CAKE): Free Cash Flow

Operating cash flow minus capital expenditures for the same annual period and currency, computed by TickerFacts from the filed figures. A simple proxy, not a reported figure; a year without both inputs is left out.

$155.08M
Year ended 2025-12-30
$206.30M
Trailing 12 months to 2026-06-30
+46.4%
3-year compound annual growth
+5.2%
10-year compound annual growth
$200.56M2008-12-30: $84.28M2009-12-29: $159.89M2010-12-28: $123.39M2015-12-29: $93.79M2017-01-03: $200.56M2018-01-02: $118.02M2019-01-01: $188.41M2019-12-31: $145.00M2020-12-29: -$47.42M2021-12-28: $146.06M2023-01-03: $49.46M2024-01-02: $66.84M2024-12-31: $107.96M2025-12-30: $155.08M$155.08M
2008-12-30 Free Cash Flow (USD) 2025-12-30
Period endedFree Cash FlowChange YoYSource filing
2025-12-30$155.08M+43.6%2026-02-23, From 2025-01-01
2024-12-31$107.96M+61.5%2026-02-23, From 2024-01-03
2024-01-02, Fiscal 2023$66.84M+35.1%2026-02-23, From 2023-01-04
2023-01-03, Fiscal 2022$49.46M-66.1%2025-02-24, From 2021-12-29
2021-12-28$146.06Mn/m2024-02-26, From 2020-12-30
2020-12-29-$47.42Mn/m2023-02-27, From 2020-01-01
2019-12-31$145.00M-23.0%2022-02-22, From 2019-01-02
2019-01-01, Fiscal 2018$188.41M+59.6%2021-02-24, From 2018-01-03
2018-01-02, Fiscal 2017$118.02M-41.2%2020-06-22, From 2017-01-04
2017-01-03, Fiscal 2016$200.56M+113.8%2019-03-04, From 2015-12-30
2015-12-29$93.79Mn/a2018-02-28, From 2014-12-31
No annual figure between 2010-12-28 and 2015-12-29.
2010-12-28$123.39M-22.8%2013-02-28, From 2009-12-30
2009-12-29$159.89M+89.7%2012-02-29, From 2008-12-31
2008-12-30$84.28Mn/a2011-02-23, From 2008-01-02

Free Cash Flow at similar companies

Companies with the same SEC industry code (Retail-Eating Places), reporting in the same currency, closest in revenue. Each shows its own latest fiscal year, so period ends differ.

CompanyYear endedFree Cash FlowChange YoY
Cheesecake Factory Inc (CAKE)2025-12-30$155.08M+43.6%
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