---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-112254"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAKE"
cik: "0000887596"
company_name: "CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC"
filed_at: "2024-10-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T09:31:55.899729+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cheesecake Factory Q3 revenue $865.5M, EPS $0.61; comparable sales up 1.6%

## Summary
- Total revenue $865.5M (+4.3% YoY); diluted EPS $0.61; adjusted EPS $0.58.
- Comparable restaurant sales at Cheesecake Factory up 1.6% YoY; fourth consecutive quarter of growth.
- Opened 4 new restaurants in Q3, 3 post-quarter; expects up to 22 in fiscal 2024.
- Board declared quarterly dividend of $0.27/share, payable Nov 26, record Nov 13.
- Director Laurence B. Mindel retired from Board effective Oct 24, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-112254
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAKE
- cik: 0000887596
- company_name: CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC
- filed_at: 2024-10-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887596/000110465924112254/0001104659-24-112254-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887596/000110465924112254/tm2426934d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-112254.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Laurence B. Mindel retired as Member of the Board of Directors at CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Member of the Board of Directors
  source text: On October 24, 2024, Laurence B. Mindel, a member of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), notified the Board of his intention to retire from the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887596/000110465924112254/0001104659-24-112254-index.htm

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