Cheesecake Factory Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-K)

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Feb 29, 2012
Cheesecake Factory Inc. (CAKE, Financial) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2012-01-03.

Cheesecake Fact has a market cap of $1.61 billion; its shares were traded at around $29.64 with a P/E ratio of 17.7 and P/S ratio of 0.9. Cheesecake Fact had an annual average earning growth of 11.5% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Cheesecake Fact the business predictability rank of 3.5-star.

Highlight of Business Operations:

Restaurant revenues increased 6.2% to $1,685.0 million for fiscal 2011 compared to $1,586.3 million for the prior fiscal year. The 53rd week contributed approximately $41 million in restaurant revenues in fiscal 2011. Comparable sales at The Cheesecake Factory and Grand Lux Cafe restaurants increased by 1.8%, or $28.9 million, from fiscal 2010 to fiscal 2011. The Cheesecake Factory and Grand Lux Cafe restaurants become eligible to enter our comparable sales calculations in their 19th month of operation. At January 3, 2012, there were eight The Cheesecake Factory restaurants not included in the comparable sales base.

Comparable sales at The Cheesecake Factory restaurants increased 2.0% from fiscal 2010 on a 53 week basis driven by both improved guest traffic and average check. We implemented effective menu price increases of approximately 0.7% and 1.3% during the first and third quarters of fiscal 2011, respectively. On a weighted average basis, based on the timing of our menu roll outs within each quarter, The Cheesecake Factory menu included a 1.6% increase in pricing for fiscal year 2011. This increase in menu pricing

Total restaurant operating weeks increased 4.2% to 8,777 in fiscal 2011 from the prior year due to the opening of seven new restaurants during the trailing 15-month period. Excluding the impact of the 53rd week in fiscal 2011, total operating weeks increased 2.1% to 8,607. Average sales per restaurant operating week increased approximately 2.1% to $192,000 in fiscal 2011 compared to fiscal 2010 due to an improvement in both guest traffic and average check.

Restaurant revenues increased 3.4% to $1,586.3 million for fiscal 2010 compared to $1,534.3 million for the prior fiscal year. Comparable sales at The Cheesecake Factory and Grand Lux Cafe restaurants increased by 2.0%, or $30.0 million, from fiscal 2009 to fiscal 2010. At December 28, 2010, there were three The Cheesecake Factory restaurants not included in the comparable sales base.

Comparable sales at The Cheesecake Factory restaurants increased 2.0% from fiscal 2009 driven primarily by improved guest traffic. We implemented effective menu price increases of approximately 0.6% and 0.7% during the first and third quarter of fiscal 2010, respectively. On a weighted average basis, based on the timing of our menu roll outs within each quarter, The Cheesecake Factory menu included a 1.4% increase in pricing for fiscal year ended December 28, 2010. This increase in menu pricing was partially offset by menu mix shifts due to ongoing check management by guests, particularly with regard to their purchase of non-alcoholic beverages.

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