---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-096311"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAKE"
cik: "0000887596"
company_name: "CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC"
filed_at: "2021-07-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T02:24:24.874490+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cheesecake Factory Q2 revenue $769M (record); adj EPS $0.80; Q3 comps +10% vs 2019

## Summary
- Total revenues $769.0M vs $295.9M year-ago; net income $17.1M, diluted EPS $0.37.
- Adjusted net income $43.9M, adjusted EPS $0.80; excludes $11.4M acquisition-related charges.
- Generated $109M cash flow from operations; Q3-to-date comp sales up 10% over 2019 levels.
- Board expanded to 10; appointed Khanh (Connie) Collins as independent director, effective July 22, 2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-096311
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAKE
- cik: 0000887596
- company_name: CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC
- filed_at: 2021-07-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887596/000110465921096311/0001104659-21-096311-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887596/000110465921096311/tm2123325d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-096311
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-096311.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-096311.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Khanh ("Connie") Collins was appointed as director at CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On July 22, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company appointed Khanh (“Connie”) Collins as a director of the Company and also appointed her to the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board effective as of July 22, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887596/000110465921096311/0001104659-21-096311-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.