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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-071758"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAKE"
cik: "0000887596"
company_name: "CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC"
filed_at: "2025-07-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T23:56:17.065138+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 $955.8M, EPS $1.14; comparable sales up 1.2%

## Summary
- Total revenues $955.8M vs $904.0M in Q2 2024, record high; net income $54.8M, diluted EPS $1.14.
- Adjusted diluted EPS $1.16, excluding $1.2M pre-tax acquisition-related and impairment items.
- Comparable restaurant sales at Cheesecake Factory up 1.2% YoY; opened 8 new restaurants in Q2.
- Declared quarterly dividend of $0.27 per share, payable Aug 26, record Aug 12.
- Total available liquidity $515.3M; debt principal $644M; repurchased ~2,500 shares for $0.1M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-071758
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAKE
- cik: 0000887596
- company_name: CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC
- filed_at: 2025-07-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887596/000110465925071758/0001104659-25-071758-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887596/000110465925071758/tm2521811d1_8k.htm

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