CAKE (Post-Call) The Compass at the Factory Points Toward North Italia
By Mark Kalinowski
Published on February 20, 2019 at 12:00 AM
After today’s (Wednesday’s) market close, The Cheesecake Factory (CAKE; Neutral) reported Q4 2018 adjusted EPS of $0.60, a bit short of our $0.63 forecast and sellside consensus (according to Consensus Metrix) of $0.62. We attribute the shortfall to about $2.1 million in the “Loss on investment in unconsolidated affiliates” line, which on an EPS basis hampered Q4 EPS by about -$0.04.