ARK RESTAURANTS vs CHEESECAKE FACTORY
On overall TruNorth grade, CHEESECAKE FACTORY scores higher (ARK RESTAURANTS: F, CHEESECAKE FACTORY: D). Both graded from public records across nine values categories.
Political donations
FEC: $207K in executive political donations; partisan lean split across 6 executive donors.
FEC: $682K in executive political donations; partisan lean Republican +75 across 11 executive donors.
Environment
No public record found.
environmental violation: $49K in federal penalties (Violation Tracker).
Labor
No public record found.
17 federal penalties totaling $10.3M since 2000 (Violation Tracker).
DEI
No public record found.
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Charity
No public record found.
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Animal testing
No public record found.
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Firearms
No public record found.
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Privacy
No public record found.
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Executive pay
No public record found.
CEO total compensation $8.2M (2024; other named executives averaged $2.1M) — SEC pay-versus-performance disclosure (Item 402(v) XBRL).
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