CAKE CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC

Did the company actually spend money buying back stock in 3+ of the last 4 quarters?

Bought back stock in 4/4 quarters. Q3 2025: $1M, Q2 2025: $4M, Q1 2025: $12M, Q3 2024: $15M

Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?

Latest quarter $1M vs trailing avg $10M (-89%)

What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30-80%. Bear: <10% or >80%.

Negative FCF ($-189M), cannot compute buyback ratio

How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.

Repurchased 8,300,000 shares = 16.2% of 51,332,298 outstanding (annualized)

Are officers and directors buying stock with their own money on the open market?

No insider open-market purchases in the last 12 months

Are insider purchases happening during the same quarters the company is actively buying back stock?

Need both buyback and insider purchase data

Looking at all open-market transactions, are insiders net buyers or net sellers?

Insiders bought $0M, sold $11M (net selling)

Active buyback + insiders net selling 3x+ more than buying. Company cash may be supporting price while insiders exit.

Company buying back stock while insiders sold 11005705.3x more than bought. 3 C-suite officers among sellers

• Gordon David M (PRESIDENT) sold 20,000 shares on 2025-08-14
• Gordon David M (PRESIDENT) sold 13,400 shares on 2025-08-14
• Gordon David M (PRESIDENT) sold 9,935 shares on 2025-08-14
• Carango Keith (PRESIDENT (SUBSIDIARY)) sold 8,300 shares on 2025-05-28
• Carango Keith (PRESIDENT (SUBSIDIARY)) sold 3,000 shares on 2025-05-28
• Carango Keith (PRESIDENT (SUBSIDIARY)) sold 9,200 shares on 2025-05-28
• Carango Keith (PRESIDENT (SUBSIDIARY)) sold 30,000 shares on 2025-05-28
• Clark Matthew Eliot (EXEC VP, CFO) sold 42,900 shares on 2025-05-27