Factors Likely To Shape Cheesecake's (CAKE) Earnings In Q2
Zacks Investment Research | Jul 28, 2019 11:22PM ET
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (NASDAQ:CAKE) is scheduled to report second-quarter fiscal 2019 results on Jul 31. In the last reported quarter, the company’s bottom line surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 3.3%. It also delivered an earnings beat in two of the trailing four quarters.
How Are Estimates Faring?
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for second-quarter earnings is pegged at 81 cents, higher than 65 cents registered in the year-ago quarter. Notably, the company’s earnings estimate for the quarter has been stable over the past 30 days. For quarterly revenues, the consensus mark is pinned at nearly $610.4 million, suggesting a 2.9% increase from the prior-year quarter reported figure.
Let’s delve deeper to find out how the company’s top and bottom line will shape up in the upcoming quarterly release.
Factors at Play
Cheesecake Factory’s second-quarter results are likely to be driven by surge in restaurant revenues. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for restaurant revenues is pegged at $559 million, indicating 3.1% growth from the year-earlier reported figure.
The company’s efforts to improve guest experience have been stabilizing sales trend from the fourth quarter of 2017. In order to boost comps, it is focusing on improving the speed of service and training its servers so that they render a higher level of service.
Meanwhile, Cheesecake Factory’s technology-enabled initiatives have been quite successful with positive feedback on its mobile payment app, CakePay. Moreover, the company continues to improve its to-go business including online ordering capability. This is a major contributor to the company’s strong off-premise sales channels.
Cheesecake Factory has been expanding in domestic as well as international markets. Of late, it is foraying into lucrative markets like the Middle East, North Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, Turkey, Mexico, Kuwait, Lebanon and Chile. Overall, management believes that there is potential for 300 Cheesecake Factory locations in 2019, expecting to drive at least 3% unit growth. Moreover, the company’s costs savings initiatives are likely to drive margins higher.
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