Tuesday November 1, 2022, 18:58:41

CAKE (Post-Call): Disappointing Q3 EPS; December Menu Price Increase Planned

By Mark Kalinowski

After today’s (Tuesday’s) market close, The Cheesecake Factory reported adjusted Q3 EPS of -$0.03, falling way short of our +$0.31 forecast and sell-side consensus (according to Consensus Metrix) of +$0.28.

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Wednesday July 27, 2022, 19:17:50

CAKE (Post-Call): Summer Menu Change will Include +4.25% of Menu Pricing

By Mark Kalinowski

After today’s (Wednesday’s) market close, The Cheesecake Factory reported adjusted Q2 EPS of $0.52, falling well short of our $0.77 forecast and sell-side consensus (according to Consensus Metrix) of $0.78. This EPS miss came despite the adjusted Q2 tax rate of 5.1% being more favorable than our 11.5% projection and consensus of 11.8%.

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Monday July 18, 2022, 07:00:00

CAKE: Adjusting Our Q3E & Q4E Estimates Ahead of 7/27 EPS Release

By Mark Kalinowski

Momentum in casual-dining segment same-store sales weakened over the course of June, with (for example) Darden Restaurants (DRI; Not Rated) remarking on its June 23rd conference call that “industry sales have slowed from May to June, and we have seen that as well…. And we talk about magnitude — it’s a couple of hundred basis points of the industry. It’s not like the industry went negative completely, but it’s closer to flat than it was before in the month of May.”

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