Cheesecake Factory Inc [CAKE] stock is trading at $50.86, up 4.52%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The CAKE shares have gain 0.12% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.84%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Cheesecake Factory Inc [NASDAQ: CAKE] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 07, 2025, when Oppenheimer upgraded its rating to a Outperform but kept the price target unchanged to $65 for it. Previously, Goldman started tracking the stock with Buy rating on December 05, 2024, and set its price target to $56. On May 15, 2024, Stephens reiterated its Overweight rating and revised its price target to $50 on the stock. Citigroup upgraded its rating to a Buy and increased its price target to $47 on May 10, 2024. Raymond James upgraded its rating to a Outperform but $42 remained the price target by the analyst firm on May 09, 2024. In a note dated January 23, 2024, JP Morgan downgraded an Underweight rating on this stock but restated the target price of $33.
Cheesecake Factory Inc [CAKE] stock has fluctuated between $33.05 and $57.32 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $49.83 within the next 12 months. Cheesecake Factory Inc [NASDAQ: CAKE] shares were valued at $50.86 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -2.03% based on the average CAKE price forecast.
Analyzing the CAKE fundamentals
Cheesecake Factory Inc [NASDAQ:CAKE] reported sales of 3.58B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 5.01%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.2% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.05%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.05%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.04%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.05, Equity is 0.41 and Total Capital is 0.08. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 4.3.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 49.31 points at the first support level, and at 47.77 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 51.70, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 52.54.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Cheesecake Factory Inc’s Current Ratio is 0.47. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.38, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.12. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.73, the price to book ratio is 5.89 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 15.90.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Clark Matthew Eliot, EXEC VP, CFO, that happened on Feb 27 ’25 when 29000.0 shares were sold. EXEC VP, CFO, Clark Matthew Eliot completed a deal on Feb 28 ’25 to sell 19000.0 shares. Meanwhile, CHAIRMAN AND C.E.O. OVERTON DAVID sold 100000.0 shares on Feb 27 ’25.
