CAKE - The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated primarily operates restaurants. The company also maintains two bakeries that produce its signature cheesecakes and other baked goods. These products are distributed to its own restaurant network, international licensees, external foodservice operators, third-party bakery customers, retailers, and distributors.
As of Jun 30, 2026: spot at $79.47, ATM IV 34.5%, max pain $67.50, net GEX $806.8K.
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Restaurants
- Market Cap
- $3.99B
- P/E Ratio
- 22.69
- Beta
- 1.04
- 52-Week Range
- 43.07-80.89
- Dividend Yield
- $1.14
- CEO
- David Overton
- Employees
- 47,900
- IPO Date
- Sep 18, 1992
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
What CAKE Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 24.7% is subdued relative to the 1-year history, conditions that typically favor premium-buying or long-volatility structures (debit spreads, calendar spreads, long straddles); positive net gamma exposure ($806.8K) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (-0.004) is roughly flat across the wings.
What This Page Covers
The CAKE overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked CAKE overview questions
- What is CAKE?
- CAKE is the ticker symbol for The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated, a listed security. The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated primarily operates restaurants. The company also maintains two bakeries that produce its signature cheesecakes and other baked goods. Listed on NASDAQ. CAKE is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the CAKE options snapshot look like today?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, the CAKE options snapshot shows spot at $79.47, ATM IV 34.5%, IV rank 24.7%, max pain $67.50, net GEX $806.8K, expected move 9.89%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are CAKE's key statistics?
- The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (CAKE) carries a market capitalization of $3.99B, trailing P/E ratio of 22.69, beta of 1.04 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 43.07-80.89. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does CAKE belong to?
- The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, in the Restaurants industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare CAKE's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the CAKE data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated Jun 30, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).