What is William Blair’s Estimate for CAKE Q4 Earnings?

The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (NASDAQ:CAKE) – Equities researchers at William Blair issued their Q4 2026 EPS estimates for Cheesecake Factory in a research report issued on Wednesday, October 29th. William Blair analyst S. Zackfia expects that the restaurant operator will post earnings of $1.07 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Cheesecake Factory’s current full-year earnings is $3.71 per share.

CAKE has been the subject of a number of other reports. Robert W. Baird set a $57.00 price target on shares of Cheesecake Factory in a research note on Wednesday. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Cheesecake Factory in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Mizuho set a $65.00 target price on shares of Cheesecake Factory and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Citigroup lowered their target price on shares of Cheesecake Factory from $68.00 to $65.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $67.00 target price (up previously from $66.00) on shares of Cheesecake Factory in a research note on Thursday, July 10th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and four have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Cheesecake Factory currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $59.47.

Cheesecake Factory Trading Up 1.4%

CAKE opened at $49.80 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.40, a current ratio of 0.51 and a quick ratio of 0.42. The company has a market cap of $2.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.21 and a beta of 1.06. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $56.14 and a 200 day simple moving average of $57.45. Cheesecake Factory has a fifty-two week low of $42.69 and a fifty-two week high of $69.70.

Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ:CAKE) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 28th. The restaurant operator reported $0.68 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.60 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $907.23 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $912.95 million. Cheesecake Factory had a net margin of 4.33% and a return on equity of 47.25%. Cheesecake Factory’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.58 earnings per share.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in CAKE. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC acquired a new position in shares of Cheesecake Factory in the second quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust boosted its holdings in shares of Cheesecake Factory by 39.2% in the second quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 632 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $40,000 after buying an additional 178 shares during the period. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of Cheesecake Factory by 38.5% in the first quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. now owns 1,244 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $61,000 after buying an additional 346 shares during the period. Bayforest Capital Ltd acquired a new position in Cheesecake Factory during the first quarter worth $72,000. Finally, CWM LLC boosted its holdings in Cheesecake Factory by 36.7% during the third quarter. CWM LLC now owns 1,357 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $74,000 after purchasing an additional 364 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.48% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Cheesecake Factory

In other news, President David M. Gordon sold 43,335 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $63.06, for a total value of $2,732,705.10. Following the completion of the transaction, the president owned 24,532 shares in the company, valued at $1,546,987.92. This represents a 63.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. 8.40% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Cheesecake Factory Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, November 25th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, November 11th will be issued a $0.27 dividend. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.2%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 10th. Cheesecake Factory’s dividend payout ratio is 32.73%.

About Cheesecake Factory

The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated operates and licenses restaurants in the United States and Canada. The company operates bakeries that produce cheesecakes and other baked products for its restaurants, international licensees, third-party bakery customers, external foodservice operators, retailers, and distributors.