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After finishing at $34.63 in the prior trading day, Cheesecake Factory Inc. (NASDAQ: CAKE) closed at $34.02, down -1.76%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.76 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.11 million shares were traded. CAKE stock price reached its highest trading level at $34.8 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $33.88.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of CAKE by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 30.80 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 25.94. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.37 and its Current Ratio is at 0.46. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 5.85 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 5.42.
On January 23, 2024, JP Morgan Downgraded its rating to Underweight which previously was Neutral but kept the price unchanged to $33.
Wedbush Upgraded its Neutral to Outperform on December 21, 2023, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $34 to $40.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CAKE now has a Market Capitalization of 1734081024 and an Enterprise Value of 3295360000. As of this moment, Cheesecake’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 16.51, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.92. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.88. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.50 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 5.42. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.958 whereas that against EBITDA is 13.547.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, CAKE has reached a high of $38.19, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $28.58. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -3.30%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 2.02%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 836.97K shares per day over the past 3-months and 815960 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 50.65M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 46.95M. Insiders hold about 7.90% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 87.47% stake in the company. Shares short for CAKE as of 1713139200 were 7041384 with a Short Ratio of 8.41, compared to 1710460800 on 6668366. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 7041384 and a Short% of Float of 20.349999999999998.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, CAKE’s forward annual dividend rate was 1.08, compared to 1.08 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.031186832The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.55.
