Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (The) drawdown: 2.0% below the all-time high (price)
Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (The) is 2.0% below its all-time high, set Aug 12, 2026 (as of market close, Oct 16, 2026), measured on price alone — dividends are not included, the convention headlines and crash histories use. The chart shows every day as a percentage of the highest level reached up to that point: 100% means a fresh record, everything below is a drawdown.
- Below all-time high
- −2.0%
- 98.0% of ATH
- All-time high
- $117.29
- Aug 12, 2026
- Time below the high
- 2 mo
- since Aug 12, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −86.2%
- Nov 20, 2008
- Longest underwater
- 8.2 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Aug 12, 2026
- 2 mo ago
- Last time this deep
- Jul 24, 2026
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1992: price#
The classic underwater chart (drawdown curve), drawn as % of the all-time high — 100% is a fresh record, everything below it is time spent underwater. Basis and range are in the URL, so a particular view is a link.
The deepest drawdowns on record#
Every decline of 15% or more from an all-time high (price basis), deepest first.
| Peak | Trough | Depth | Peak → trough | Recovered by | Underwater |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 2006 | Nov 20, 2008 | −86.2% | 2.8 yrs | Mar 28, 2013 | 7.1 yrs |
| May 3, 2017 | Apr 2, 2020 | −77.5% | 2.9 yrs | Jul 23, 2025 | 8.2 yrs |
| Apr 13, 1998 | Sep 25, 1998 | −45.3% | 5 mo | Nov 25, 1998 | 7 mo |
| Feb 2, 1994 | Jan 11, 1995 | −43.2% | 11 mo | May 16, 1995 | 15 mo |
| Jul 18, 1995 | Nov 11, 1996 | −41.5% | 16 mo | Oct 30, 1997 | 2.3 yrs |
| May 3, 2002 | Sep 17, 2002 | −40.0% | 5 mo | Nov 25, 2003 | 1.6 yrs |
| Jul 23, 2025 | Nov 20, 2025 | −37.0% | 4 mo | Jun 10, 2026 | 11 mo |
| Jul 23, 2001 | Sep 27, 2001 | −36.1% | 2 mo | Nov 15, 2001 | 4 mo |
Price basis (no dividends) — the convention crash histories use. With dividends reinvested, recoveries arrive years earlier; switch the basis on the chart above to see it.
Drawdown vs what came next#
One dot per month since 1992: how far Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (The) stood below its all-time high, and the total return over the following 1, 5 and 10 years.
Read this with survivorship bias in mind: a single asset's history is one surviving sample, so past recoveries here say little about the odds ahead. Monthly windows also overlap heavily (they are not independent samples). Not investment advice.
FAQ#
- How far is Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (The) from its all-time high?
- Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (The) is currently 2.0% below its all-time high, set Aug 12, 2026 (as of market close, Oct 16, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (The) drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1992) took Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (The) 86.2% below its prior high, bottoming Nov 20, 2008. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from CAKE; no free deep history exists for Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (The) — for a 150-year drawdown record see the S&P 500 drawdown page. The price basis excludes dividends; the total-return basis reinvests them; the real basis additionally deflates by CPI. See also returns by year. Past performance does not predict future returns; not investment advice.