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United States · SEC Form 4 · Snapshot date: 2026-10-18 · Built: 2026-10-18 · 中文

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US · SEC FORM 4

CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC

CAKE · Nasdaq · CIK 0000887596 · Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants

INSIDER SIGNAL

No active buy signal

0 qualifying P purchase groups
in the current 180-day scoring window

23 Form 4 transaction lines observed in the same window
14 sales · 9 option, withholding, award, gift or other lines

Last qualifying purchase2022-12-08 · Ames Edie A · $129.0K

WHY NO ACTIVE SIGNAL?

Purchase activityNone
Recent buyingNone
Recent salesModerate
Buy signal statusInactive
Score anatomy

No score is calculated because there is no qualifying purchase in the active window. Unavailable inputs are not treated as zero or as a bearish signal.

ClusterNot calculated
Purchase sizeNot calculated
RoleNot calculated
RecencyNot calculated
ConvictionNot calculated

Why is there no score?

  • No qualifying open-market purchase supplies cluster, size, role, recency or conviction inputs.
  • Sales and other Form 4 activity remain visible as context and do not create a negative score.

Sales and other Form 4 activity are shown separately and do not create a negative buy signal. Absence of buying is not scored as bearish.

Insider activity timeline

Owner lanes show the latest 180 days. Symbol shape identifies the transaction type; sales remain context only.

AprMayJunJulAugSepOct
CAPPELLO ALEXANDER LDirector
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OVERTON DAVIDCHAIRMAN AND C.E.O.
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KRANSDORF JEROME IDirector
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Meyer Janice L.Director
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Gordon David MPRESIDENT
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Clark Matthew EliotEXEC VP, CFO
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● Purchase▼ Sale○ Other

Showing the six most active owners; 4 additional owner(s) remain in Form 4 evidence.

Purchase breadth, concentration & cluster buying

These modules activate when qualifying purchases enter the 180-day research window.

SIGNAL HISTORY

No recorded active-signal snapshot

Scores are archived only when the company qualifies for a published US buy-signal snapshot. Last qualifying purchase: 2022-12-08 · Ames Edie A.

Recent Form 4 activity

0Purchases
19Sales
39Other Form 4 lines
44SEC filings · 365 days
BUYING0 qualifying P line(s) · 180 days
SELLING14 sale line(s) · context only
OTHER9 exercise / withholding / award / gift / other lines
10b5-1 / PLANNEDNot assessed

P is an open-market or private purchase. S is a sale. M, F, A and G usually describe exercises, tax withholding, awards and gifts. These categories remain visually separate.

Market context

Market context has not been captured for this ticker yet. The daily market-context job processes the US universe in rotating batches.

Short interest

Short interest is external context reported to FINRA by broker-dealers. It does not affect the Insider Signal.

Shares short
10,265,860
Previous report
9,908,462
Avg daily volume
1,402,239
Days to cover
7.3

FINRA settlement date: 2026-09-30 · Captured 2026-10-12 · FINRA equity short interest ↗. A share count, published about a week after each of two settlement dates a month; not a percentage of shares outstanding.

Historical equity purchases

Qualifying code P transactions in the local Form 4 history, including purchases outside the current signal window.

Transaction dateReporting ownerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2022-12-08Ames Edie APurchase (P)Common Stock4,000USD 32.26USD 129,020SEC filing ↗
2022-03-08PITTAWAY DAVID BRUCEPurchase (P)Common Stock500USD 34.51USD 17,255SEC filing ↗
2022-03-02CAPPELLO ALEXANDER LPurchase (P)Common Stock400USD 40.69USD 16,276SEC filing ↗
2022-03-01CAPPELLO ALEXANDER LPurchase (P)Common Stock400USD 41.05USD 16,420SEC filing ↗
2022-02-22PITTAWAY DAVID BRUCEPurchase (P)Common Stock500USD 42.05USD 21,025SEC filing ↗
2021-12-09Ames Edie APurchase (P)Common Stock410USD 41.13USD 16,863SEC filing ↗
2021-11-10Ames Edie APurchase (P)Common Stock1,650USD 45.12USD 74,448SEC filing ↗
2021-08-11Ames Edie APurchase (P)Common Stock500USD 44.35USD 22,175SEC filing ↗
2020-03-06Ames Edie APurchase (P)Common Stock1,300USD 30.45USD 39,585SEC filing ↗
2020-03-05PITTAWAY DAVID BRUCEPurchase (P)Common Stock800USD 34.90USD 27,920SEC filing ↗

Form 4 evidence

58 transaction lines in the latest 365-day window; 303 in local history.

DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-09-01KRANSDORF JEROME IGift (G)Common Stock200USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-08-26KRANSDORF JEROME IGift (G)Common Stock800USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-08-17Meyer Janice L.Sale (S)Common Stock1,958USD 109.36USD 214,127SEC filing ↗
Show recent Form 4 evidence (30 grouped rows)
DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-09-01KRANSDORF JEROME IGift (G)Common Stock200USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-08-26KRANSDORF JEROME IGift (G)Common Stock800USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-08-17Meyer Janice L.Sale (S)Common Stock1,958USD 109.36USD 214,127SEC filing ↗
2026-08-10Gordon David MSale (S)Common Stock31,950USD 110.03USD 3,515,369SEC filing ↗
2026-08-10Gordon David MOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock16,866USD 38.35USD 646,752SEC filing ↗
2026-08-10Ames Edie ASale (S)Common Stock3,000USD 106.95USD 320,850SEC filing ↗
2026-08-05OVERTON DAVIDSale (S)Common Stock94,145USD 106.27USD 10,004,789SEC filing ↗
2026-08-04CAPPELLO ALEXANDER LSale (S)Common Stock64USD 106.08USD 6,789SEC filing ↗
2026-08-03CAPPELLO ALEXANDER LSale (S)Common Stock59USD 104.20USD 6,148SEC filing ↗
2026-07-31May ScarlettSale (S)Common Stock7,978USD 102.66USD 819,021SEC filing ↗
2026-07-31CAPPELLO ALEXANDER LSale (S)Common Stock100USD 103.04USD 10,304SEC filing ↗
2026-07-30CAPPELLO ALEXANDER LSale (S)Common Stock2,095USD 101.50USD 212,642SEC filing ↗
2026-07-30Hanscom Ashley WSale (S)Common Stock3,500USD 100.00USD 350,000SEC filing ↗
2026-07-30Clark Matthew EliotSale (S)Common Stock68,900USD 99.30USD 6,841,770SEC filing ↗
2026-07-30Clark Matthew EliotOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock68,900USD 40.16USD 2,767,024SEC filing ↗
2026-06-02CAPPELLO ALEXANDER LSale (S)Common Stock2,490USD 64.90USD 161,601SEC filing ↗
2026-05-28Meyer Janice L.Award / grant (A)Common Stock2,490USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-05-28Collins KhanhAward / grant (A)Common Stock1,250USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-05-28CAPPELLO ALEXANDER LAward / grant (A)Common Stock2,490USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-05-01OVERTON DAVIDSale (S)Common Stock104,000USD 61.02USD 6,346,080SEC filing ↗
2026-05-01OVERTON DAVIDOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock104,000USD 46.03USD 4,787,120SEC filing ↗
2026-04-01OVERTON DAVIDTax withholding (F)Common Stock4,655USD 55.30USD 257,422SEC filing ↗
2026-04-01May ScarlettTax withholding (F)Common Stock525USD 55.30USD 29,032SEC filing ↗
2026-04-01Gordon David MTax withholding (F)Common Stock1,167USD 55.30USD 64,535SEC filing ↗
2026-04-01Clark Matthew EliotTax withholding (F)Common Stock1,059USD 55.30USD 58,563SEC filing ↗
2026-03-10May ScarlettSale (S)Common Stock5,206USD 62.95USD 327,718SEC filing ↗
2026-02-25Hanscom Ashley WSale (S)Common Stock2,951USD 65.64USD 193,704SEC filing ↗
2026-02-25Clark Matthew EliotSale (S)Common Stock7,000USD 65.70USD 459,900SEC filing ↗
2026-02-25Alex Spero GSale (S)Common Stock4,790USD 66.00USD 316,140SEC filing ↗
2026-02-23CAPPELLO ALEXANDER LSale (S)Common Stock635USD 63.74USD 40,475SEC filing ↗

Multiple price lines in one filing are grouped and share-weighted. Price and value are blank when a grouped filing line lacks price evidence.

Snapshot & identity

Snapshot date2026-10-18
Ranking versionUS-v1.2
Data qualityPASS ELIGIBLE · —
TickerCAKE
CIK0000887596
SectorConsumer Cyclical
IndustryRestaurants Yahoo Finance
SEC SIC5812 Retail-Eating Places
ExchangeNasdaq

Data coverage

Local Form 4 history303 transaction lines from 2020-02-18 to 2026-09-01
12 P purchase lines · 66 S sale lines · 225 other lines
SEC company submissionsOpen SEC filings ↗

Local ledger as of 2026-10-18. Mapping status is an audit field and does not erase SEC filing evidence.