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How The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated stacks up

CAKE · against 355 other Consumer Cyclical companies listed in US-listed

Valuation

30/ 100

Below the middle of the pack.

Ranked #259 of 356 · scores higher than 27% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score

49 peers with a valuation score of 30–39, including CAKE · Click a bar to see the companies

Why valuation scores 30?

Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Cyclical companies.

Mainly because of its EBITDA yield and free cash flow yield, which are weaker than most Consumer Cyclical peers.

less operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: weaker than 73% of peers. EBITDA yield: 5.4% vs peer median 8.8%
less free cash flow for the price paid: weaker than 66% of peers. Free cash flow yield: 3.8% vs peer median 6.1%
Earnings yield is close to the peer norm. Earnings yield: 3.2% vs peer median 4.4%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = CAKE, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	CAKE	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Earnings yieldHigher is better · 352 reported	3.3%	4.3%	41%	30%
EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 359 reported	4.8%	8.4%	23%	50%
Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 325 reported	3.7%	5.3%	35%	20%
Book yieldHigher is better · 352 reported	9.5%	35.8%	22%	Context only

Ranking by valuation score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around CAKE

Rank	Company	Market cap	Valuation	Overall
1	Vipshop Holdings LimitedVIPS · US-listed	6.2B USD	99	69
2	The Gap, Inc.GAP · US-listed	7.7B USD	97	68
2	Macy's, Inc.M · US-listed	6.2B USD	97	60
4	Genesco Inc.GCO · US-listed	395M USD	96	59
4	PDD Holdings Inc.PDD · US-listed	114.1B USD	96	91
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252	Cavco Industries, Inc.CVCO · US-listed	5.0B USD	31	58
252	Ranpak Holdings Corp.PACK · US-listed	256M USD	31	29
252	Ross Stores, Inc.ROST · US-listed	74.3B USD	31	66
259	Amer Sports, Inc.AS · US-listed	17.7B USD	30	54
259	The Cheesecake Factory IncorporatedCAKE · US-listed	5.5B USD	30	43
259	Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.CMG · US-listed	42.1B USD	30	58
262	Casey's General Stores, Inc.CASY · US-listed	24.6B USD	29	56
262	Ford Motor CompanyF · US-listed	49.1B USD	29	15
262	O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.ORLY · US-listed	72.8B USD	29	50

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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