Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

CBRL Consumer Cyclical Restaurants

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended July 2026) was $3.3 billion, down 4.74% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue fell 2.15%, EPS grew 83.3%, free cash flow grew 191.6% and total debt fell 30.4%, each against the same quarter a year earlier.

68.97 1.56 +2.31%
Market cap
$1.5B
P/E
48.2×
Fwd P/E
84.6×
Dividend yield
1.81%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
2.31
Beneish M
−3.04
Dividend safety
49/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 17.50
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — 8 1 — — — — — — — — 1
Insider Ownership 2.12%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 1,510.00
Revenue 3,318.71
Net Income 31.68
Free Cash Flow 169.52
Net Debt 300.70
Current Ratio 0.58 (below 1: weak)
Debt/Equity 0.71
P/E ratio 48.23 (above 35: high)
Fwd P/E 84.60 (above 35: high)
P/S ratio 0.46
P/B ratio 3.22
Past 5Y EPS Growth (33.43%) (below 0%: weak)
This Y EPS Growth 160.72% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 10.87%
Next Y revenue growth 1.73%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 47.55% (at or above 15%: strong)

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 95.05%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 26.24%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 25.62%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 26.54%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 8.07%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.89
Annual Dividend Rate 1.25
Annual Dividend Yield 1.81%
total individual payouts
2029 Powerpack
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 1.00
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
2025 1.00
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
2024 3.10
1.30
1.30
0.25
0.25
2023 5.20
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
2022 5.20
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
2021 2.30
1.00
1.30
2020 2.60
1.30
1.30
2019 5.10
1.25
1.25
1.30
1.30
2018 4.90
1.20
1.20
1.25
1.25
2017 4.70
1.15
1.15
1.20
1.20
2016 4.50
1.10
1.10
1.15
1.15
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 2026
Cash 25 12 40 37
Receivables 33 49 48 38
Inventory 189 181 181 164
Other — — — —
282 278 313 276
2023 2024 2025 2026
Payables 165 162 170 153
ST’ Debt 0 0 149 —
Other 24 18 21 33
489 454 626 476

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 1.31% 3.30% (1.22%)
Cash Flow (2.71%) (7.34%) (6.28%)
Earnings (16.37%) (34.08%) (31.62%)
Book Value (0.96%) (6.34%) (0.39%)

Revenue $m

Oct Jan Apr Jul Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 797 875 797 849 3,319
’25 845 949 821 868 3,484
’24 824 935 817 894 3,471
’23 840 934 833 837 3,443
’22 785 862 790 830 3,268
’21 646 677 713 784 2,821
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Oct Jan Apr Jul Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 (53) 51 95 114 206
’25 (4) 98 23 102 219
’24 (16) 78 38 70 169
’23 (1) 101 50 99 250
’22 23 85 (1) 99 205
’21 57 64 91 89 302
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Oct Jan Apr Jul Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 (89) 25 68 166 170
’25 (43) 61 (13) 57 62
’24 (40) 51 8 25 44
’23 (22) 74 12 61 125
’22 9 68 (31) 61 107
’21 195 46 76 63 380
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Oct Jan Apr Jul Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 (1.10) 0.06 1.90 0.54 1.40
’25 0.22 0.99 0.56 0.30 2.06
’24 0.25 1.19 (0.41) 0.81 1.83
’23 0.77 1.37 0.63 1.68 4.45
’22 1.41 1.60 1.19 1.47 5.67
’21 7.18 0.59 1.41 1.53 10.71
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

3.2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to July

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 141.75 141.63 149.50 53.61 117.10 81.87 62.69 34.88 24.85 25.00

Analyst estimates 2027–2029

Powerpack
High 170.50 185.00 180.93 170.10 178.82 139.90 121.17 82.98 71.93 70.28
People
People Employees 73,000 73,000 73,000 55,000 70,000 73,000 77,000 77,600 76,730 74,500
Revenue/emp, $m 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.04
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 2,926 3,030 3,072 2,523 2,821 3,268 3,443 3,471 3,484 3,319
Gross margin, % 69.54 69.13 69.69 69.08 69.33 67.87 67.25 68.66 68.97 69.08
EBT 299 278 266 81 311 143 104 24 38 21
EBT margin, % 10.21 9.19 8.67 3.22 11.01 4.39 3.01 0.70 1.08 0.62
Net income 202 248 223 (32) 255 132 99 41 46 32
Depreciation 86 94 108 118 122 118 119 131 137 138
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 121.77 126.21 127.80 105.71 119.09 141.07 155.31 156.40 156.56 148.59
Earnings 8.40 10.31 9.29 (1.36) 10.74 5.69 4.47 1.84 2.08 1.42
Cash flow 13.35 13.77 15.09 6.75 12.74 8.86 11.30 7.61 9.84 9.23
Capex (4.58) (6.32) (5.75) (3.77) 3.32 (4.24) (5.68) (5.64) (7.06) (1.64)
Free cash flow 8.77 7.45 9.35 2.97 16.06 4.62 5.62 1.97 2.77 7.59
Book value 22.66 24.23 25.16 17.53 28.01 22.08 21.83 19.83 20.75 21.41
Shares, m 24 24 24 24 24 23 22 22 22 22
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 18.53 14.20 18.68 0.00 12.72 16.91 20.85 24.64 29.81 39.43
P/S 1.28 1.16 1.36 1.05 1.15 0.68 0.60 0.29 0.40 0.38
P/B 6.86 6.05 6.91 6.30 4.88 4.36 4.27 2.31 2.99 2.63
EV/Sales 1.36 1.26 1.48 1.25 1.21 0.80 0.71 0.43 0.52 0.52
EV/FCF 18.87 21.28 20.21 44.40 8.99 24.36 19.72 33.81 29.57 10.09
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 321 331 363 161 302 205 250 169 219 206
Capex (110) (152) (138) (90) 79 (98) (126) (125) (157) (37)
Free cash flow 211 179 225 71 380 107 125 44 62 170
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (17) (58) (150) 192 (112) (185) (207) (176) (312) (200)
Total debt 400 400 400 949 327 423 415 477 485 337
Net debt 239 285 363 512 183 378 390 465 445 301
Shareholders’ equity 545 582 605 418 664 511 484 440 462 478
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 13.37 16.24 14.37 (1.57) 10.31 5.63 4.39 1.87 2.15 1.51
ROIC 24.98 21.16 18.27 6.96 27.07 10.75 8.63 3.12 3.79 (1.00)
ROE 37.70 43.97 37.66 (6.35) 47.04 22.45 19.90 8.86 10.29 6.74
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Jul 2026 · latest quarter Jul 2026 · fundamentals updated 2 Oct 2026

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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. vs peers in Restaurants (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
ARCO Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. $1.7B 6.5× 10.7× +14.30% (above 0%: growing) +100.00% (above 0%: growing) +254.29% (above 0%: growing) 11.81% 5.56% Compare
CHA Chagee Holdings Limited - Sponsored ADR $1.6B 12.2× 8.9× +8.20% (above 0%: growing) +620.00% (above 0%: growing) +49.31% (above 0%: growing) 53.99% 15.37% Compare
CBRL Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. $1.5B 48.2× 84.6× −2.15% (below 0%: shrinking) +83.33% (above 0%: growing) +191.55% (above 0%: growing) 71.25% 1.55%
BH Biglari Holdings Inc. $1.3B — (loss-making) 24.0× +7.86% (above 0%: growing) −18.71% (below 0%: shrinking) −66.30% (below 0%: shrinking) 41.26% 12.17% Compare
BJRI BJ's Restaurants, Inc. $1.3B 30.6× 20.0× +6.37% (above 0%: growing) −11.00% (below 0%: shrinking) −84.81% (below 0%: shrinking) 74.52% 4.74% Compare
WEN The Wendy's Company $1.3B 10.2× 11.6× +1.72% (above 0%: growing) −41.38% (below 0%: shrinking) +152.25% (above 0%: growing) 59.72% 13.90% Compare
SG Sweetgreen, Inc. $1.3B 91.3× — (loss-making) +3.81% (above 0%: growing) n/m +19.78% (above 0%: growing) 13.07% (14.23%) Compare
BLMN Bloomin' Brands, Inc. $850.2M 31.1× 8.6× +1.34% (above 0%: growing) +23.33% (above 0%: growing) +321.24% (above 0%: growing) 39.06% 3.77% Compare
FWRG First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. $762.8M 40.4× 67.6× +15.20% (above 0%: growing) +33.33% (above 0%: growing) −580.44% (below 0%: shrinking) 20.43% 2.29% Compare
Median of peers $1.3B 30.6× 11.6× +7.12% +23.33% +34.55% 40.16% 5.15%

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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (CBRL) key facts

  • Concern: Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended July 2026) was $3.3 billion, down 4.74% from fiscal 2025.
  • Concern: Net income was $31.7 million, or $1.42 per share (basic), a net margin of 0.95%.
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (CBRL) is a Restaurants company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, CBRL traded at $68.97, a market capitalization of $1.5 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 48.2× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 0.5× sales; its P/E is higher than 95% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.25 per share, a yield of 1.81%, with a payout ratio of 89.3%.
  • Return on equity was 6.74% and debt-to-equity 0.71.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.31 (grey zone) for fiscal 2026.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations · fundamentals updated Oct 2, 2026.

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