Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: JCI stock price vs CAKE: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at CAKE's multiple
Needs CAKE P/E.
Implied fair value · at JCI's multiple
Needs JCI P/E.
Snapshot Sep 4, 4:00 PM ET
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth lag
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Multiple premium
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: JCI FY 2025 (ended Sep 30, 2025) · CAKE FY 2025 (ended Dec 30, 2025). Fiscal years are not aligned.
Trendline
Ten fiscal years of revenue, earnings, and margins before underwriting a re-rating.
Price framework
Market cap plus debt, less cash.
Capital structure 90% equity / 10% debt · EV / Revenue 4.15x · EV / EBITDA 22.81x
Capital structure 89% equity / 11% debt · EV / Revenue 1.54x · EV / EBITDA 20.58x
JCI carries the larger enterprise value at $97.99B against $5.77B; CAKE trades on the lower EV / Revenue multiple (1.54x vs 4.15x); CAKE on the lower EV / EBITDA (20.58x vs 22.81x).
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PLC · implied price per share
Bear
$15.00
Base
$20.10
Bull
$27.78
THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY INCORPORATED · implied price per share
Five annual free-cash-flow observations are required for the filing-backed baseline.
Balance sheet health
Financial health checks to separate durable balance sheets from potential value traps.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Debt / equity
Total debt against shareholders' equity
0.77x
1.44x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
2.22x
1.48x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$379.00M
$215.73M
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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