Is Artificial Intelligence the Biggest Bubble in History?
Is it any surprise 31 billionaires (including: Warren Buffett, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and more) are quietly unloading their OWN stocks at record pace? They're getting OUT of AI (and Tech Stocks) before it's too late. But why? And WHERE are they moving their cash for the biggest profits, in 2024?
Shares Stats
| Shares Outstanding | 50,940,000 |
| Shares Float | 47,240,000 |
| Shares Short | 6,120,000 |
| Insider Holdings | 685% |
| Institution Holdings | 91.95% |
About Cheesecake Factory Inc
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated operates and licenses restaurants in the United States and Canada. The company operates bakeries that produce cheesecakes and other baked products for its restaurants, international licensees, third-party bakery customers, external foodservice operators, retailers, and distributors. It operates restaurants under the brands comprising The Cheesecake Factory, North Italia, Flower Child, Fox Restaurant Concepts. The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Calabasas, California.
General
| Name | Cheesecake Factory Inc |
| Ticker | CAKE |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Industry | Restaurants |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | January |
| Full Time Employees | 47,900 |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 50.44 |
| Market Cap | 2,443,800,000 |
| PE Ratio | 18.20 |
| PEG Ratio | 2.61 |
| EBITDA | 276,584,000 |
Financials
| Curr Year EPS Estimate | 2.61 |
| Next Quarter EPS Estimate | 0.91 |
| Profit Margin | 3.63% |
| Operating Margin | 5.84 |
| Return on Assets | 0.04 |
| Return on Equity | 0.36 |
| Revenue | 3.5B |
| Earnings Per Share | 2.64 |
| Revenue Per Share | 74.08 |
| Gross Profit | 1,280,279,000 |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth | 0.04 |
Valuation
| Trailing PE | 18.21 |
| Forward PE | 13.05 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 0.69 |
| Price/Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 6.19 |
Dividend
Cheesecake Factory Inc pays out a dividend of $1.04 per share, with a dividend yield of 2.17%.
CAKE's last dividend payment was made to shareholders on November 26, 2024.
They pay out 52.27% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| Nov 26, 2024 | $0.27 |
| Aug 27, 2024 | $0.27 |
| Jun 4, 2024 | $0.27 |
| Mar 19, 2024 | $0.27 |
| Nov 28, 2023 | $0.27 |
| Aug 29, 2023 | $0.27 |
| Jun 6, 2023 | $0.27 |
| Mar 21, 2023 | $0.27 |
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