secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC (CAKE)
CIK:        0000887596
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-017090
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Cheesecake Factory Q4 revenue up 4.4% to $961.6M; adj EPS $1.00; declares $0.30 dividend, expands buyback
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- Revenue $961.6M (+4.4% YoY); GAAP diluted EPS $0.60; adjusted diluted EPS $1.00.
- Net income $28.8M; adjusted net income $48.3M; pre-tax net expense of $24.6M for impairment, acquisition items, etc.
- Quarterly cash dividend of $0.30 per share declared, payable March 17, 2026 to holders of record March 4, 2026.
- Board increased share repurchase authorization by 5M shares to total 66M; approx 6M shares remain available.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887596/000110465926017090/0001104659-26-017090-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887596/000110465926017090/tm266472d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-017090

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