How Cheesecake Factory makes money

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FY2025

How does Cheesecake Factory make money? This Sankey traces every dollar of revenue through the income statement — into cost of revenue, R&D, SG&A, and taxes — and shows what's left as profit. Pick any fiscal year, recent quarter, or the trailing twelve months. Straight from SEC filings.

Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (The) · FY2025 · year ended 2025-12-30

Revenue$3.8BGross profit$3.8B · 100%Cost of revenue$0 · 0%Operating income$187M · 5%Operating expenses$3.6B · 95%SG&A$245M · 7%Other opex$3.3B · 88%Pre-tax income$163M · 4%Other expense$24M · 1%Net income$148M · 4%Income tax$0 · 0%

Each fiscal year from SEC filings. Percentages are share of revenue, so the green profit nodes read directly as gross / operating / net margin. Line items a company doesn't break out are derived from their siblings so the flows balance; small residuals show as “Other.” For informational purposes only.