Days-to-cover ratio for CAKE declines to 8.45 due to decline in short interest

Daniel Torres

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Cheesecake Factory Inc shares valued at $2,732,839 were sold by Gordon David M on Aug 14 ’25. At $63.06 per share, Gordon David M sold 43,335 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 24,532 shares worth approximately $1.24 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, David M Gordon purchased 43,335 shares, netting a total of over 2,807,241 in proceeds.

Before that, CAPPELLO ALEXANDER L had sold 12,388 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $816,121, the Director traded Cheesecake Factory Inc shares for $65.88 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 12,388 shares, worth approximately $0.34 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Mizuho on October 28, 2025, Cheesecake Factory Inc [CAKE] has been an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $70. Analysts at Oppenheimer resumed the stock at ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid July. As of July 10, 2025, Goldman has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Neutral” for CAKE. Earlier on June 25, 2025, JP Morgan resumed its rating. Their recommendation was “an Underweight” for CAKE stock.

Analyzing CAKE Stock Performance

On last trading session, Cheesecake Factory Inc [NASDAQ: CAKE] rose 0.94% to $50.48. The stock’s lowest price that day was $49.65, but it reached a high of $50.775 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -1.19%. Over the course of the year, Cheesecake Factory Inc shares have jumped approximately 5.19%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $69.70 on 07/23/25 and a 52-week low of $42.69 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Cheesecake Factory Inc (CAKE)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 49.83, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 49.18. In the upper region, resistance lies at 50.95. The next price resistance is at 51.43. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 53.12 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Cheesecake Factory Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Cheesecake Factory Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-15 dropping by -0.23 million shares to 8.55 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-14 was 8.78 million shares. A decline of -2.67% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 8.45 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 8.45.

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In terms of Cheesecake Factory Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 62 in the next 12 months, up nearly 23.98% from the previous closing price of $50.01. Analysts anticipate Cheesecake Factory Inc stock to reach 70 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 48. In spite of this, 10 analysts ranked Cheesecake Factory Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On January 07, 2025, Oppenheimer assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $65.

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