Tuesday February 11, 2020, 00:00:00

CAKE “Ask the Experts” Call Series The Cheesecake Factory

By Mark Kalinowski

Kalinowski Equity Research invites you to participate in our latest “Ask the Experts” conference call, to take place on Thursday, March 5th starting at 2:00 PM Eastern time. The featured speakers will be The Cheesecake Factory’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Matt Clark, and Senior Director, Investor Relations Stacy Feit.

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Tuesday October 29, 2019, 00:00:00

CAKE (Post-Call) Baking Up an Evolving Company

By Mark Kalinowski

After today’s (Tuesday’s) market close, The Cheesecake Factory (CAKE; Neutral) reported adjusted Q3 EPS of $0.59, coming in ahead of our $0.55 forecast and sellside consensus (according to Consensus Metrix) of $0.55. We attribute the betterthan-expected earnings to favorable Cost of Sales/Revenues (22.7% actual vs. 23.4% forecasted).

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Friday September 6, 2019, 00:00:00

CAKE Updating Introducing EPS Estimates Macau and New Menu Items

By Mark Kalinowski

With this report, we reduce our Q3E same-store sales forecast for brand Cheesecake Factory (CAKE; Neutral) by -30 basis points, to +0.2%, placing us as the low forecast on the sell-side according to Consensus Metrix data. Our adjustment reflects weak casual-dining sector same-store sales trends for July and August, partially offset by The Cheesecake Factory’s relatively healthier brand (destination status) within casual dining. Our Q3E EPS estimate goes down by $0.01 to $0.55, placing us in line with consensus. We also take down our Q4E EPS estimate by $0.01 (to $0.64), and reduce our full-year 2019E EPS projection by $0.02, to $2.63.

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