Cheesecake Factory (FRA:CF2) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 14.46 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Cheesecake Factory's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €124 Mil. Cheesecake Factory's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €1,582 Mil. Cheesecake Factory's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €118 Mil. Cheesecake Factory's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 14.46.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Cheesecake Factory's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:CF2' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -6.39 Med: 6.96 Max: 14.02
Current: 9.22

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Cheesecake Factory was 14.02. The lowest was -6.39. And the median was 6.96.

FRA:CF2's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
85.35% of 273 companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 2.97 vs FRA:CF2: 9.22

Cheesecake Factory Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cheesecake Factory's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Cheesecake Factory Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-EBITDA

6.96

-6.39

10.56

14.02

9.22

Cheesecake Factory Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA																43.86	8.03	6.50	11.11	14.46

Competitive Comparison

For the Restaurants subindustry, Cheesecake Factory's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Cheesecake Factory Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Cheesecake Factory's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cheesecake Factory's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

Cheesecake Factory Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Cheesecake Factory's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(123.708	+	1581.827)	/	184.961
	=	9.22

Cheesecake Factory's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(123.708	+	1581.827)	/	117.928
	=	14.46

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.

Cheesecake Factory (FRA:CF2) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

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Cheesecake Factory (FRA:CF2) Business Description

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Address

26901 Malibu Hills Road, Calabasas Hills, CA, USA, 91301

Website

https://www.thecheesecakefactory.com

Cheesecake Factory owns and operates restaurants in the United States and Canada under brands that include The Cheesecake Factory, North Italia, and a collection within the Fox Restaurants Concepts subsidiary. The company's international presence, in the Middle East and Mexico, is through licensing agreements with third parties. The company also has a bakery division that produces cheesecakes and other baked products for sale in its restaurants, international licensees, and third-party bakery customers. The company has four operating business segments: The Cheesecake Factory restaurants, North Italia, other FRC, and Flower Child. Majority of the company's revenue comes from The Cheesecake Factory restaurants segment.

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