Cheesecake Factory Inc (CAKE)’s Pretax Margin and Net Margin Explained

Kevin Freeman

Cheesecake Factory Inc [CAKE] stock is trading at $52.02, up 0.70%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The CAKE shares have gain 4.33% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 18.12%, and 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 October 28, 2025, when Mizuho initiated its Outperform rating and assigned the stock a price target of $70. Previously, Oppenheimer reaffirmed its Outperform rating on July 11, 2025, and elevated its price target to $75. On July 10, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Neutral but maintained its price target of $67 on the stock. JP Morgan reiterated its Underweight rating and increased its price target to $58 on June 25, 2025. Oppenheimer upgraded its rating to a Outperform but $65 remained the price target by the analyst firm on January 07, 2025. Goldman started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on December 05, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $56. In a note dated May 15, 2024, Stephens reiterated an Overweight rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $44 to $50.

Cheesecake Factory Inc [CAKE] stock has fluctuated between $42.69 and $69.70 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $60.38 within the next 12 months. Cheesecake Factory Inc [NASDAQ: CAKE] shares were valued at $52.02 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 16.07% based on the average CAKE price forecast.

Analyzing the CAKE fundamentals

Cheesecake Factory Inc [NASDAQ:CAKE] reported sales of 3.71B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 4.82%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.7% 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 0.4 and Total Capital is 0.08. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of5.03.

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 51.02 points at the first support level, and at 50.03 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 52.89, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 53.77.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Cheesecake Factory Inc’s Current Ratio is 0.55. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.47, while the Cash Ratio is 0.25. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.70, the price to book ratio is 6.09 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 15.80.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Gordon David M, PRESIDENT, that happened on Aug 14 ’25 when 43335.0 shares were sold. Officer, David M Gordon completed a deal on Aug 14 ’25 to buy 43335.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director CAPPELLO ALEXANDER L sold 12388.0 shares on Jul 31 ’25.

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