CAKE PEER ANALYSIS

The Cheesecake Factory — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

CAKEThe Cheesecake Factory

🇺🇸 USA · NASDAQ · Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Restaurants

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

CAKEIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	CAKE	MTY	QSR	CPG	BIGCH	Ind. Median
P/E	22.82	5.69●	35.56	26.60	710.26	29.74
P/B	8.20	1.03●	9.09	6.95	2.70	1.82
EV/EBITDA	18.74	6.09	18.70	12.41	4.04●	14.41
P/S	0.99	0.75	3.54	1.11	0.74●	1.05

Financial Health
Metric	CAKE	MTY	QSR	CPG	BIGCH	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.59	0.69	0.99●	0.70	0.66	0.72
Debt/Equity	466.4%	127.6%	420.7%	114.9%	65.5%●	83.1%
NetDebt/EBITDA	6.30	3.29	5.65	1.67	0.70●	3.64

Profitability
Metric	CAKE	MTY	QSR	CPG	BIGCH	Ind. Median
Net Margin	4.3%	13.1%●	10.0%	4.2%	0.1%	3.0%
ROE	41.3%●	18.5%	27.9%	27.8%	0.4%	8.0%
ROA	5.2%	6.1%	3.8%	7.6%●	0.2%	2.9%
EBITDA Margin	8.0%	26.8%	27.1%●	10.3%	22.2%	12.4%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	CAKE	MTY	QSR	CPG	BIGCH	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	5.1%	0.6%	9.2%	-12.4%	9.4%●	5.4%
NI Growth	5.4%	1,691.1%●	0.4%	9.1%	-96.5%	-1.1%
Div. Yield	1.4%	3.6%●	2.4%	2.1%	2.4%	2.1%
Payout	32.7%	20.2%	117.5%	54.8%	1,709.3%	45.9%

Valuation
Metric	CAKE	WING	SHAK	EAT	WEN	CAVA	Ind. Median
P/E	22.82	41.98	53.72	16.85	9.98●	133.95	29.74
P/B	8.20	-5.88●	4.21	19.21	12.83	10.19	1.82
EV/EBITDA	18.74	26.92	15.64	11.76	10.08●	52.56	14.41
P/S	0.99	6.62	1.48	1.36	0.68●	6.42	1.05

Financial Health
Metric	CAKE	WING	SHAK	EAT	WEN	CAVA	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.59	2.24	1.69	0.40	1.83	2.65●	0.72
Debt/Equity	466.4%	-159.0%●	178.2%	430.5%	3,562.6%	61.5%	83.1%
NetDebt/EBITDA	6.30	5.26	3.44	2.09	7.18	0.60●	3.64

Profitability
Metric	CAKE	WING	SHAK	EAT	WEN	CAVA	Ind. Median
Net Margin	4.3%	15.8%●	2.8%	8.1%	6.8%	4.8%	3.0%
ROE	41.3%	—	8.2%	139.2%●	120.9%	8.0%	8.0%
ROA	5.2%	16.6%	2.3%	17.3%●	3.0%	4.6%	2.9%
EBITDA Margin	8.0%	30.6%●	12.2%	14.1%	23.3%	12.3%	12.4%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	CAKE	WING	SHAK	EAT	WEN	CAVA	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	5.1%	9.0%	16.2%	11.8%	-1.8%	24.1%●	5.4%
NI Growth	5.4%	-35.0%	231.9%●	38.8%	-22.5%	-56.6%	-1.1%
Div. Yield	1.4%	0.7%	—	0.0%	6.3%●	—	2.1%
Payout	32.7%	29.3%	—	0.0%	71.9%	—	45.9%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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