The Cheesecake Factory Reports Results for Third Quarter of Fiscal 2021 and Provides Business Update
Total revenues were $754.5 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2021 compared to $517.7 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2020.
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (NASDAQ: CAKE) last week reported financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2021, which ended on September 28, 2021.
Total revenues were $754.5 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2021 compared to $517.7 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2020. Net income available to common stockholders and diluted net income per common share were $32.7 million and $0.64, respectively, in the third quarter of fiscal 2021. These results reflect the impact of $3.3 million in higher than anticipated group medical insurance costs, as well as $4.6 million in incremental costs associated with the pandemic environment. Excluding the after-tax impact of the non-cash acquisition-related contingent consideration and amortization expense, adjusted net income and adjusted net income per share for the third quarter of fiscal 2021 were $33.2 million and $0.65, respectively. Please see the Company’s reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures at the end of this press release.
Comparable restaurant sales at The Cheesecake Factory restaurants increased 41.1% year-over-year in the third quarter of fiscal 2021. Relative to the third quarter of fiscal 2019, comparable restaurant sales at The Cheesecake Factory restaurants increased 8.3%.
As of today, nearly all of the Company’s restaurants across its concepts are operating with no indoor dining restrictions. Fiscal 2021 fourth quarter-to-date through November 2nd comparable sales for The Cheesecake Factory restaurants increased approximately 20% year-over-year and 10.5% relative to the same period in fiscal 2019, supported by approximately 28% off-premise sales mix. Average weekly sales quarter-to-date are approximately $213,000 and off-premise average weekly sales of $60,000 are nearly double the level seen during the same period in fiscal 2019.
“We drove strong sales performance at The Cheesecake Factory restaurants and across our concepts during the third quarter despite the surge in COVID-19 cases from the Delta variant,” said David Overton, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “Our teams also generated solid profitability in the face of higher than anticipated group medical insurance costs and pandemic environment cost pressures during the quarter.”
Overton continued, “Sales across our concepts further strengthened early in the fourth quarter with continued strong contribution from the off-premise channel. We also opened eight new restaurants during the third quarter and fourth quarter-to date periods, meeting our development objective to open as many as 14 new restaurants across our concepts this year. With a strong pipeline in place, we believe we are well-positioned to achieve our targeted 7% unit growth next year, while we continue to focus on driving comparable sales growth and managing through the continued volatility in the operating environment.”
Development
During the third quarter of fiscal 2021, four new restaurants opened, including North Italia and Flower Child in the Phoenix area, North Italia in the Nashville area, and Blanco in the Chicago area. Subsequent to quarter-end, The Cheesecake Factory opened in Huntsville, AL, North Italia opened in Orlando and both Blanco and Culinary Dropout opened in Denver. The Company met its development objective of opening 14 new restaurants across its concepts during fiscal 2021. Internationally, The Cheesecake Factory opened a third location in Shanghai this week under a licensing agreement.
Balance Sheet & Cash Flow
As of September 28, 2021, the Company had total available liquidity of $371.1 million, including a cash balance of $131.0 million and availability on its revolving credit facility of $240.1 million. Total principal amount of debt outstanding was $475 million, including $345 million of 0.375% convertible senior notes due 2026 and $130 million drawn on the Company’s revolving credit facility.
About The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated is a leader in experiential dining. We are culinary forward and relentlessly focused on hospitality. Delicious, memorable experiences created by passionate people – this defines who we are and where we are going. We currently own and operate 308 restaurants throughout the United States and Canada under brands including The Cheesecake Factory®, North Italia® and a collection within our Fox Restaurant Concepts business. Internationally, 29 The Cheesecake Factory® restaurants operate under licensing agreements.
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| Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 13 Weeks Ended | 13 Weeks Ended | 39 Weeks Ended | 39 Weeks Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Consolidated Statements of Income | September 28, 2021 | September 29, 2020 | September 28, 2021 | September 29, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Amount | Percent of Revenues | Amount | Percent of Revenues | Amount | Percent of Revenues | Amount | Percent of Revenues | |||||||||||||||||
| Revenues | $ | 754,474 | 100.0 | % | $ | 517,716 | 100.0 | % | $ | 2,150,847 | 100.0 | % | $ | 1,428,673 | 100.0 | % | ||||||||
| Costs and expenses: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of sales | 169,418 | 22.5 | % | 118,093 | 22.8 | % | 474,237 | 22.0 | % | 331,137 | 23.2 | % | ||||||||||||
| Labor expenses | 279,957 | 37.1 | % | 200,666 | 38.7 | % | 784,501 | 36.5 | % | 560,460 | 39.2 | % | ||||||||||||
| Other operating costs and expenses | 201,490 | 26.7 | % | 159,095 | 30.7 | % | 582,518 | 27.1 | % | 448,740 | 31.4 | % | ||||||||||||
| General and administrative expenses | 45,802 | 6.1 | % | 37,795 | 7.3 | % | 138,457 | 6.4 | % | 117,467 | 8.2 | % | ||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization expenses | 22,576 | 3.0 | % | 22,651 | 4.4 | % | 66,805 | 3.1 | % | 68,803 | 4.8 | % | ||||||||||||
| Impairment of assets and lease termination expenses | - | 0.0 | % | 10,402 | 2.0 | % | 594 | 0.0 | % | 204,731 | 14.3 | % | ||||||||||||
| Acquisition-related costs | - | 0.0 | % | 39 | 0.0 | % | - | 0.0 | % | 2,343 | 0.2 | % | ||||||||||||
| Acquisition-related contingent consideration, compensation and amortization expenses/(benefit) | 685 | 0.1 | % | 1,439 | 0.3 | % | 12,592 | 0.6 | % | (3,992 | ) | (0.3 | )% | |||||||||||
| Preopening costs | 3,169 | 0.4 | % | 2,394 | 0.5 | % | 9,804 | 0.5 | % | 7,610 | 0.6 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total costs and expenses | 723,097 | 95.9 | % | 552,574 | 106.7 | % | 2,069,508 | 96.2 | % | 1,737,299 | 121.6 | % | ||||||||||||
| Income/(loss) from operations | 31,377 | 4.1 | % | (34,858 | ) | (6.7 | )% | 81,339 | 3.8 | % | (308,626 | ) | (21.6 | )% | ||||||||||
| Interest and other expense, net | (1,794 | ) | (0.2 | )% | (2,935 | ) | (0.6 | )% | (9,194 | ) | (0.4 | )% | (7,019 | ) | (0.5 | )% | ||||||||
| Income/(loss) before income taxes | 29,583 | 3.9 | % | (37,793 | ) | (7.3 | )% | 72,145 | 3.4 | % | (315,645 | ) | (22.1 | )% | ||||||||||
| Income tax provision/(benefit) | (3,097 | ) | (0.4 | )% | (9,447 | ) | (1.8 | )% | 1,882 | 0.1 | % | (94,597 | ) | (6.6 | )% | |||||||||
| Net income/(loss) | 32,680 | 4.3 | % | (28,346 | ) | (5.5 | )% | 70,263 | 3.3 | % | (221,048 | ) | (15.5 | )% | ||||||||||
| Dividends on Series A preferred stock (1) | - | 0.0 | % | (4,838 | ) | (0.9 | )% | (18,661 | ) | (0.9 | )% | (8,532 | ) | (0.6 | )% | |||||||||
| Direct and incremental Series A preferred stock issuance cost | - | 0.0 | % | - | 0.0 | % | - | 0.0 | % | (10,257 | ) | (0.7 | )% | |||||||||||
| Undistributed earnings allocated to Series A preferred stock | - | 0.0 | % | - | 0.0 | % | (5,804 | ) | (0.3 | )% | - | 0.0 | % | |||||||||||
| Net income/(loss) available to common stockholders | $ | 32,680 | 4.3 | % | $ | (33,184 | ) | (6.4 | )% | $ | 45,798 | 2.1 | % | $ | (239,837 | ) | (16.8 | )% | ||||||
| Basic net income/(loss) per common share | $ | 0.65 | $ | (0.76 | ) | $ | 0.98 | $ | (5.47 | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Basic weighted average shares outstanding | 50,212 | 43,900 | 46,624 | 43,849 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Diluted net income/(loss) per common share (2) | $ | 0.64 | $ | (0.76 | ) | $ | 0.96 | $ | (5.47 | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Diluted weighted average shares outstanding | 51,113 | 43,900 | 47,675 | 43,849 | ||||||||||||||||||||
(1) During the second quarter of fiscal 2021, the Company completed the cash-settled conversion of 150,000 shares of its previously outstanding convertible preferred stock and the conversion of the remaining 50,000 shares of convertible preferred stock into approximately 2.4 million shares of the Company’s common stock, which simplified the Company’s capital structure and eliminated future convertible preferred dividends.
(2) Diluted net income per common share reflects an adjustment for reallocation of undistributed earnings to preferred stock of $113,796 for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2021.
| 13 Weeks Ended | 13 Weeks Ended | 39 Weeks Ended | 39 Weeks Ended | |||||||||||||
| Selected Segment Information | September 28, 2021 | September 29, 2020 | September 28, 2021 | September 29, 2020 | ||||||||||||
| Revenues: | ||||||||||||||||
| The Cheesecake Factory restaurants | $ | 592,555 | $ | 416,984 | $ | 1,698,635 | $ | 1,146,524 | ||||||||
| North Italia | 44,357 | 27,990 | 120,747 | 72,262 | ||||||||||||
| Other FRC | 44,326 | 20,273 | 127,978 | 68,063 | ||||||||||||
| Other | 73,236 | 52,469 | 203,487 | 141,824 | ||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 754,474 | $ | 517,716 | $ | 2,150,847 | $ | 1,428,673 | ||||||||
| Income/(loss) from operations: | ||||||||||||||||
| The Cheesecake Factory restaurants | $ | 66,791 | $ | 18,836 | $ | 194,470 | $ | 31,208 | ||||||||
| North Italia | 1,962 | (831 | ) | 5,320 | (77,321 | ) | ||||||||||
| Other FRC | 3,403 | (1,901 | ) | 14,565 | (77,077 | ) | ||||||||||
| Other | (40,779 | ) | (50,962 | ) | (133,016 | ) | (185,436 | ) | ||||||||
| Total | $ | 31,377 | $ | (34,858 | ) | $ | 81,339 | $ | (308,626 | ) | ||||||
| Preopening costs: | ||||||||||||||||
| The Cheesecake Factory restaurants | $ | 968 | $ | 976 | $ | 3,616 | $ | 3,157 | ||||||||
| North Italia | 1,057 | 631 | 3,335 | 1,895 | ||||||||||||
| Other FRC | 849 | 306 | 1,948 | 527 | ||||||||||||
| Other | 295 | 481 | 905 | 2,031 | ||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 3,169 | $ | 2,394 | $ | 9,804 | $ | 7,610 | ||||||||
| Impairment of assets and lease termination expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
| The Cheesecake Factory restaurants | $ | - | $ | (157 | ) | $ | - | $ | 2,784 | |||||||
| North Italia | - | - | - | 71,524 | ||||||||||||
| Other FRC | - | - | - | 72,939 | ||||||||||||
| Other | - | 10,559 | 594 | 57,484 | ||||||||||||
| Total | $ | - | $ | 10,402 | $ | 594 | $ | 204,731 | ||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
| The Cheesecake Factory restaurants | $ | 16,414 | $ | 16,713 | $ | 49,221 | $ | 50,857 | ||||||||
| North Italia | 1,068 | 901 | 2,893 | 2,767 | ||||||||||||
| Other FRC | 1,208 | 987 | 3,423 | 3,002 | ||||||||||||
| Other | 3,886 | 4,050 | 11,268 | 12,177 | ||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 22,576 | $ | 22,651 | $ | 66,805 | $ | 68,803 | ||||||||
| 13 Weeks Ended | 13 Weeks Ended | 39 Weeks Ended | 39 Weeks Ended | |||||||||||||
| The Cheesecake Factory restaurants operating information: | September 28, 2021 | September 29, 2020 | September 28, 2021 | September 29, 2020 | ||||||||||||
| Comparable restaurant sales vs. prior year | 41.1 | % | (23.3 | )% | 48.0 | % | (31.1 | )% | ||||||||
| Comparable restaurant sales vs. 2019 | 8.3 | % | 1.9 | % | ||||||||||||
| Restaurants opened during period | - | - | 1 | - | ||||||||||||
| Restaurants open at period-end | 207 | 205 | 207 | 205 | ||||||||||||
| Restaurant operating weeks | 2,689 | 2,662 | 8,058 | 7,976 | ||||||||||||
| North Italia operating information: | ||||||||||||||||
| Comparable restaurant sales vs. prior year | 38 | % | (22 | )% | 53 | % | (32 | )% | ||||||||
| Comparable restaurant sales vs. 2019 | 8 | % | 5 | % | ||||||||||||
| Restaurants opened during period | 2 | - | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Restaurants open at period-end | 28 | 23 | 28 | 23 | ||||||||||||
| Restaurant operating weeks | 349 | 296 | 980 | 847 | ||||||||||||
| Other Fox Restaurant Concepts (FRC) operating information:(1) | ||||||||||||||||
| Restaurants opened during period | 1 | - | 2 | - | ||||||||||||
| Restaurants open at period-end | 29 | 25 | 29 | 25 | ||||||||||||
| Restaurant operating weeks | 371 | 275 | 1,067 | 809 | ||||||||||||
| Other operating information:(2) | ||||||||||||||||
| Restaurants opened during period | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Restaurants open at period-end | 40 | 41 | 40 | 41 | ||||||||||||
| Restaurant operating weeks | 507 | 437 | 1,474 | 1,242 | ||||||||||||
| Number of company-owned restaurants: | ||||||||||||||||
| The Cheesecake Factory | 207 | |||||||||||||||
| North Italia | 28 | |||||||||||||||
| Other FRC | 29 | |||||||||||||||
| Other | 40 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 304 | |||||||||||||||
| Number of international-licensed restaurants: | ||||||||||||||||
| The Cheesecake Factory | 28 | |||||||||||||||
(1) The Other FRC segment includes all FRC brands except Flower Child.
(2) The Other segment includes the Flower Child, Grand Lux Cafe, RockSugar Southeast Asian Kitchen and Social Monk Asian Kitchen concepts, as well as the Company's third-party bakery, international and consumer packaged goods businesses, unallocated corporate expenses and gift card costs.
| Selected Consolidated Balance Sheet Information | September 28, 2021 | December 29, 2020 | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 131,030 | $ | 154,085 | ||
| Long-term debt, net of issuance costs (1) | 465,514 | 280,000 | ||||
(1) Incudes $336 million net balance of 0.375% convertible senior notes due 2026 (principal amount of $345 million less $9 million in unamortized issuance cost) and $130 million drawn on the Company's revolving credit facility. The unamortized issuance costs were recorded as a contra-liability and netted with long-term debt on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and were being amortized as interest expense.
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Results to GAAP Results
In addition to the results provided in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) in this press release, the Company is providing non-GAAP measurements which present net income and net income per share excluding the impact of certain items. The non-GAAP measurements are intended to supplement the presentation of the Company’s financial results in accordance with GAAP. These non-GAAP measures are calculated by eliminating from net income and diluted net income per share the impact of items the Company does not consider indicative of its ongoing operations. To reflect the then potential impact of the conversion of the Company’s convertible preferred stock into common stock for the period that it was outstanding prior to the repurchase and conversion on June 15, 2021, the Company excludes the preferred dividend and assumes all convertible preferred shares convert to common stock. The Company uses these non-GAAP financial measures for financial and operational decision-making and as a means to evaluate period-to-period comparisons.
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| 13 Weeks Ended | 13 Weeks Ended | 39 Weeks Ended | 39 Weeks Ended | |||||||||||||
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| Net income/(loss) available to common stockholders (GAAP) | $ | 32,680 | $ | (33,184 | ) | $ | 45,798 | $ | (239,837 | ) | ||||||
| Dividends on Series A preferred stock | - | 4,838 | 18,661 | 8,532 | ||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to Series A preferred stock to apply if-converted method | - | - | 5,804 | - | ||||||||||||
| Direct and incremental Series A preferred stock issuance costs | - | - | - | 10,257 | ||||||||||||
| COVID-19 related costs(1) | - | 2,558 | 4,917 | 17,579 | ||||||||||||
| Impairment of assets and lease termination expenses(2) | - | 10,402 | 594 | 204,731 | ||||||||||||
| Acquisition-related costs(3) | - | 39 | - | 2,343 | ||||||||||||
| Acquisition-related contingent consideration, compensation and amortization expenses/(benefit)(4) | 685 | 1,439 | 12,592 | (3,992 | ) | |||||||||||
| Termination of Interest rate swap | - | - | 2,354 | - | ||||||||||||
| Uncertain tax position related to tenant improvement allowances(5) | - | - | 2,471 | - | ||||||||||||
| Tax effect of adjustments(6) | (178 | ) | (3,754 | ) | (5,318 | ) | (57,372 | ) | ||||||||
| Adjusted net income/(loss) (non-GAAP) | $ | 33,187 | $ | (17,662 | ) | $ | 87,873 | $ | (57,759 | ) | ||||||
| Diluted net income/(loss) per common share (GAAP) | $ | 0.64 | $ | (0.76 | ) | $ | 0.96 | $ | (5.47 | ) | ||||||
| Dividends on Series A preferred stock | - | 0.09 | 0.35 | 0.17 | ||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to Series A preferred stock to apply if-converted method | - | - | 0.11 | - | ||||||||||||
| Direct and incremental Series A preferred stock issuance costs | - | - | - | 0.21 | ||||||||||||
| Assumed impact of potential conversion of Series A preferred stock into common stock(7) | - | 0.13 | (0.11 | ) | 0.60 | |||||||||||
| COVID-19 related costs | - | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.36 | ||||||||||||
| Impairment of assets and lease termination expenses | - | 0.20 | 0.01 | 4.16 | ||||||||||||
| Acquisition-related costs | - | 0.00 | - | 0.05 | ||||||||||||
| Acquisition-related contingent consideration, compensation and amortization expenses/(benefit) | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.23 | (0.08 | ) | |||||||||||
| Termination of Interest rate swap | - | - | 0.04 | - | ||||||||||||
| Uncertain tax position related to tenant improvement allowances | - | - | 0.05 | - | ||||||||||||
| Tax effect of adjustments | (0.00 | ) | (0.07 | ) | (0.10 | ) | (1.17 | ) | ||||||||
| Adjusted net income/(loss) per share (non-GAAP)(8) | $ | 0.65 | $ | (0.33 | ) | $ | 1.64 | $ | (1.17 | ) | ||||||
(1) Represents incremental costs associated with COVID-19 such as sick and vaccination pay, healthcare and meal benefits for furloughed staff members, additional sanitation and personal protective equipment.
(2) A detailed breakdown of impairment of assets and lease termination expenses recorded in the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2021 and September 29, 2020 can be found in the Selected Segment Information table.
(3) Represents costs incurred to effect and integrate the North and FRC acquisition.
(4) Represents changes in the fair value of the deferred consideration and contingent consideration and compensation liabilities related to the North and FRC acquisition, as well as amortization of acquired definite-lived licensing agreements.
(5) Reserve for uncertain tax position related to tenant improvement allowances. Uncertain tax positions taken in a tax return are recognized in the financial statements when it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination by tax authorities based on its technical merits, taking into account available administrative remedies and litigation.
(6) Based on the federal statutory rate and an estimated blended state tax rate, the tax effect on all adjustments assumes a 26% tax rate for the fiscal 2021 and 2020 periods.
(7) Represents the impact of assuming the conversion of Series A preferred stock into common stock (0 and 5,908,187 shares for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2021, respectively), resulting in an assumption of 51,112,650 and 53,582,824 weighted-average common shares outstanding for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2021, respectively. The impact of assuming the conversion of Series A preferred stock into common stock (9,163,043 and 5,394,188 shares for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 29, 2020, respectively), resulting in an assumption of 53,062,945 and 49,243,370 weighted-average common shares outstanding for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 29, 2020, respectively.
(8) Adjusted net income per share may not add due to rounding.
