In the latest trading session,, 0.92 million Cheesecake Factory Inc (NASDAQ:CAKE) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.11. With the company’s most recent per share price at $48.69 changed hands at -$0.96 or -1.93% at last look, the market valuation stands at $2.41B. CAKE’s current price is a discount, trading about -17.72% off its 52-week high of $57.32. The share price had its 52-week low at $33.44, which suggests the last value was 31.32% up since then. When we look at Cheesecake Factory Inc’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 1.29 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 1.57 million.
Analysts gave the Cheesecake Factory Inc (CAKE) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 2.50. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 2 out of 10 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 4 recommended CAKE as a Hold, 4 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. Cheesecake Factory Inc’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be 0.82.
Cheesecake Factory Inc (NASDAQ:CAKE) trade information
Instantly CAKE was in red as seen in intraday trades today. With action -5.09%, the performance over the past five days has been red. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date upside of 2.63%, with the 5-day performance at -5.09% in the red. However, in the 30-day time frame, Cheesecake Factory Inc (NASDAQ:CAKE) is 0.06% up. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 8.01 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 6.2 days.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 44.5, meaning bulls need a downside of -9.42% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, CAKE’s forecast low is 39 with 50 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -2.69% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to tank 19.9% for it to hit the projected low.
Cheesecake Factory Inc (CAKE) estimates and forecasts
Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach 5.46% up from the last financial year.
Consensus estimates given by 15 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 925.71M. 15 analysts are of the opinion that Cheesecake Factory Inc’s revenue for the current quarter will be 953.96M. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 891.22M and 904.04M respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at 3.87%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at 5.52%.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 2.30%. The 2025 estimates are for Cheesecake Factory Inc earnings to increase by 7.47%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 10.98% per year.
CAKE Dividends
Cheesecake Factory Inc is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report on 2025-Feb-18. The 2.22% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 1.08. It is important to note, however, that the 2.22% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision. During the past 5 years, the average dividend yield was 2.55 per year.
Cheesecake Factory Inc (NASDAQ:CAKE)’s Major holders
If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 7.63% of Cheesecake Factory Inc shares while 103.68% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 112.25%. There are 103.68% institutions holding the Cheesecake Factory Inc stock share, with BLACKROCK INC. the top institutional holder. As of 2024-06-30, the company held 15.2299% of the shares, roughly 7.26 million CAKE shares worth $285.44 million.
VANGUARD GROUP INC holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 11.3352% or 5.41 million shares worth $212.45 million as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Mar 31, 2025 were iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and BARON INVESTMENT Fd.S TRT -BARON SMALL CAP Fd. . With 2.9 shares estimated at $141.93 million under it, the former controlled 5.87% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, BARON INVESTMENT Fd.S TRT -BARON SMALL CAP Fd. held about 4.04% of the shares, roughly 2.0 shares worth around $97.77 million.
