Discounted Cash Flow

Cheesecake Factory Inc.

CAKE · Based on 10 years of SEC filings

Average annual growth rates

Metric 10-Year 5-Year 3-Year
Sales
Free Cash Flow
Average (FCF & NI)
Net Income

Average annual growth is the mean year-over-year change across each period.

Endpoint CAGR (better for long term trend)

Metric 10-Year 5-Year 3-Year
Sales
Free Cash Flow
Average (FCF & NI)
Net Income

Endpoint CAGR is the compound annual rate from the first to last year in each period.

Projections use average year-over-year growth. Change this in Settings.

Projected growth rate

Free cash flow growth
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Averaged growth (FCF & NI)
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Net income growth
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Sales growth (not added to calculations)
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Historical inputs (10 fiscal years)

YEAR Sales Net Income Free Cash Flow Net Margin EPS (diluted)
2016 $2.3b $139.5m $186.7m 6.1% $2.91
2017 $2.3b (-0.7%) $139.5m (0.0%) $181.7m (-2.7%) 6.2% (0.7%) $3.35 (15.1%)
2018 $2.3b (0.0%) $157.4m (12.8%) $118.0m (-35.1%) 7.0% (12.8%) $1.06 (-68.4%)
2019 $2.3b (3.2%) $99.0m (-37.1%) $217.6m (84.3%) 4.2% (-39.0%) $2.90 (173.6%)
2020 $2.0b (-15.0%) $-253.4m (-355.8%) $-47.4m (-121.8%) -12.8% (-400.9%) $-6.32 (-317.9%)
2021 $2.9b (47.6%) $72.4m (128.6%) $146.1m (408.0%) 2.5% (119.4%) $1.03 (116.3%)
2022 $3.3b (12.8%) $43.1m (-40.4%) $49.5m (-66.1%) 1.3% (-47.2%) $0.87 (-15.5%)
2023 $3.3b (0.0%) $43.1m (0.0%) $49.5m (0.0%) 1.3% (0.0%) $0.87 (0.0%)
2024 $3.6b (8.4%) $156.8m (263.6%) $58.0m (17.3%) 4.4% (235.3%) $3.28 (277.0%)
2025 $3.8b (4.7%) $148.4m (-5.3%) $155.1m (167.2%) 4.0% (-9.6%) $3.17 (-3.4%)

Base FCF: (latest fiscal year)

Discount rate: %

Terminal growth:

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Alt A decline yrs:

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Projected cash flows

Year Projected cash flow Discount Factor Present Value

PV of projected FCF:

Terminal FCF:

Terminal value:

PV of terminal value:

Enterprise value (DCF):

DCF price per share:

Current price:

Alternative DCF Models

Model Fair Value Upside PV(FCFs) PV(Terminal) Total Years
Standard (10yr→TV) 10 + TV
Alt A (Gradual Decline)
Alt B (30yr Hard Stop) N/A

This is a simplified DCF model for illustration. It uses reported free cash flow, a single growth assumption, fixed WACC, and a Gordon Growth terminal value. It is not investment advice.

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