** Shares of restaurant chain Cheesecake Factory Inc
CAKE.O up 3.1% at $33.77
** Posts Q1 adj. profit of $0.61/shr beating estimates of
$0.59/shr
** Posts Q1 rev of $866.1 mln vs $793.7 mln reported a year
ago
** Says comparable sales at Cheesecake Factory restaurants
rose 5.7% year-over-year in the first quarter
** Six of 18 brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher, 9
"hold" and 3 "sell" or lower; their median PT is $38.00 -
Refinitiv data
** Including sessions gains, stock was up 6.43% YTD
(Reporting By Akshita Toshniwal in Bengaluru)
((Akshita.Toshniwal@thomsonreuters.com))