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The Cheesecake Factory

CAKE · Restaurants sector group
Guidance from The Cheesecake Factory’s last 8 earnings releases. Every value links to its sentence in the filing. See something wrong? Tell us.
Current guidance
14 items
Releases tracked
8
Latest release
Jul 23, 2026
Data checked
Jul 23, 2026
On this page:Latest changes·Current guidance·Your sector group·History

What changed in the Jul 23, 2026 release

Each item compared with the same item in the previous release (Apr 23, 2026). Values in quotation marks are the company’s words.

New — first stated in this releaseRaised / Lowered / Narrowed / Widened — changed from the prior releaseRevised — wording changed, direction not determinableChanged — value changed; the comparison couldn’t be parsed to a directionReiterated — restated unchangedNot restated — stated before, absent nowRaised and lowered describe the number, not whether the change is favorable.
ChangeMetricPeriodPreviousNowSource
RaisedFlower Child locationsfor FY2026“six to seven”“seven”Filing ↗
LoweredFRC restaurantsfor FY2026“as many as eight”“as many as seven”Filing ↗
NewNew restaurant openings - Flower Childfor FY2026—“seven”Filing ↗
NewNew restaurant openings - FRC restaurantsfor FY2026—“as many as seven”Filing ↗
RevisedNew restaurant openings - The Cheesecake Factoryfor FY2026“as many as six”“five to six”Filing ↗
RevisedThe Cheesecake Factory restaurantsfor FY2026“as many as six”“as many as five to six”Filing ↗
ReiteratedNew restaurant openings - North Italiafor FY2026“six to seven”“six to seven”Filing ↗
ReiteratedNew restaurant openings (total)for FY2026“as many as 26”“as many as 26”Filing ↗
ReiteratedNorth Italia locationsfor FY2026“six to seven”“six to seven”Filing ↗
Show 4 items not restated in this release
ChangeMetricPeriodPreviousNowSource
Not restatedFlower Child restaurant openingsfor FY2026“six to seven”—Filing ↗
Not restatedFRC restaurant openingsfor FY2026“as many as seven”—Filing ↗
Not restatedNorth Italia restaurant openingsfor FY2026“six to seven”—Filing ↗
Not restatedThe Cheesecake Factory restaurant openingsfor FY2026“as many as six”—Filing ↗

Current guidance

Guidance for periods that have not yet ended, at its most recent value, grouped by horizon.

Current fiscal year
MetricCurrent valuePeriodMeasureFirst statedTimes statedSource
Flower Child locations“seven”for FY2026Company-definedFeb 12, 20263Filing ↗
Flower Child restaurant openings“six to seven”for FY2026Company-definedApr 23, 20261Filing ↗
FRC restaurant openings“as many as seven”for FY2026Company-definedApr 23, 20261Filing ↗
FRC restaurants“as many as seven”for FY2026Company-definedFeb 12, 20262Filing ↗
New restaurant openings“as many as 26”for FY2026Company-definedApr 23, 20261Filing ↗
New restaurant openings - Flower Child“seven”for FY2026Company-definedJul 23, 20261Filing ↗
New restaurant openings - FRC restaurants“as many as seven”for FY2026Company-definedJul 23, 20261Filing ↗
New restaurant openings - North Italia“six to seven”for FY2026Company-definedFeb 12, 20262Filing ↗
New restaurant openings - The Cheesecake Factory“five to six”for FY2026Company-definedFeb 12, 20262Filing ↗
New restaurant openings (total)“as many as 26”for FY2026Company-definedFeb 12, 20262Filing ↗
North Italia locations“six to seven”for FY2026Company-definedFeb 12, 20263Filing ↗
North Italia restaurant openings“six to seven”for FY2026Company-definedApr 23, 20261Filing ↗
Quarterly dividend“$0.30 per share”for FY2026Declared actionJul 23, 20261Filing ↗
The Cheesecake Factory restaurant openings“as many as six”for FY2026Company-definedApr 23, 20261Filing ↗
The Cheesecake Factory restaurants“as many as five to six”for FY2026Company-definedFeb 12, 20262Filing ↗
No period stated
MetricCurrent valuePeriodMeasureFirst statedTimes statedSource
Quarterly dividend“$0.30 per share”—Declared actionOct 23, 20245Filing ↗
Quarterly dividend declared“$0.27 per share”—Declared actionApr 24, 20251Filing ↗
Share repurchase authorization (total)“66 million shares”—Declared actionFeb 12, 20261Filing ↗
Shares remaining available for repurchase“approximately 6.0 million shares”—Declared actionFeb 12, 20261Filing ↗

How one item moved

Quarterly dividend, No period stated — every statement across the year, each linked to its filing.

Oct 23, 2024
New
“$0.27 per share”
Filing ↗
Feb 13, 2025
Reiterated
“$0.27 per share”
Filing ↗
Jul 23, 2025
Reiterated
“$0.27 per share”
Filing ↗
Oct 22, 2025
Reiterated
“$0.27 per share”
Filing ↗

How your Restaurants sector group guides

11 companies in Restaurants. What they guide on, and who reported this season.

Most-guided metric families
Unit openings
10
Buybacks
8
Revenue
7
Dividends
7
Capex
5
Comparable sales
4
Adjusted EBITDA
4
Same-store sales
3
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Full history

Every metric, every release, eight quarters — the complete record as one table.

MetricFY2026FY2025FY2024No period
Flower Child locations3 statements4 statements1 statement—
Flower Child restaurant openings1 statement3 statements1 statement—
FRC restaurant openings3 statements4 statements1 statement—
New restaurant openings3 statements4 statements1 statement—
New restaurant openings - Flower Child1 statement———
The full record for The Cheesecake Factory and its Restaurants peers, delivered as a Peer Guidance Briefing — PDF and Excel, every value linked to its filing.

Filings

The 8 earnings releases this page is built from.

FiledFiscal periodAccessionGuidance items
Jul 23, 2026FY2026 Q20001104659-26-08756110Open filing ↗
Apr 23, 2026FY2026 Q10001104659-26-0515748Open filing ↗
Feb 12, 2026FY2025 Q40001104659-26-01709010Open filing ↗
Oct 22, 2025FY2025 Q30001104659-25-1032058Open filing ↗
Jul 23, 2025FY2025 Q20001104659-25-0717588Open filing ↗
Apr 24, 2025FY2025 Q10001104659-25-0425738Open filing ↗
Feb 13, 2025FY2024 Q40001104659-25-0151858Open filing ↗
Oct 23, 2024FY2024 Q30001104659-24-1122547Open filing ↗
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