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Cracker Barrel

CBRL Nasdaq Restaurants Financials FY2017–FY2026

Cracker Barrel's revenue fell 4.7% to $3.3 billion in fiscal 2026. Its operating margin was −0.4%, down from 1.6% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $88 million, up 48.0%. It paid out $23 million in dividends and buybacks, 26% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 0.4%.

Last close · Oct 23, 2026

$67.66

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Value it Compare
Revenue Total sales reported in the income statement.
$3.3B
4.7% vs prior year
Operating margin Operating income as a share of revenue.
−0.4%
2.0 pts
Net income Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
$31.7M
31.7%
Free cash flow Cash from operations minus capital spending.
$88.4M
48.0%
Return on capital After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Market cap Last close times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate.
$1.5B
Oct 23 close
P/E Last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters.
48.3x

About these figures. Return on capital for fiscal 2026 is blank: the 10-K's structured data doesn't include current portion of long-term debt. Net debt to EBITDA for fiscal 2026 is blank: the 10-K's structured data doesn't include current portion of long-term debt. Piotroski F-score for fiscal 2026 is blank: the 10-K's structured data doesn't include current portion of long-term debt.

What Cracker Barrel does

No business description yet.

Legal name
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.
Fiscal year ends
July 31, 2026
Latest annual report
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Accession · CIK
0001104659-26-110772
0001067294

Revenue and margins

Cracker Barrel had $3.3B of revenue in fiscal 2026, down 4.7% on the year before.

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Net income and earnings per share

From fiscal 2017 to 2026, diluted EPS grew −18.0% a year. Loss periods are shown in red.

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Returns on capital

After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.

Return on capital, equity and assets (annual)
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Cash flow

Free cash flow was $88.4M in fiscal 2026, 2.7% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.

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Cash from operations vs capital spending
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Dividends, buybacks and share count

Cracker Barrel returned $23.2M to shareholders in fiscal 2026, 26% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 0.4%.

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Value Cracker Barrel yourself

Change the assumptions and see what they imply per share. These are models, not forecasts or price targets — the answer depends entirely on what you put in.

Discounted cash flow

Value per share

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Adds net cash of — and divides by 22.5M diluted shares. Ten years of cash flows plus a terminal value, discounted to today.

Earnings multiple

Value per share

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Reference multiples: today 48.3x · peers 17.3x · sector 17.7x.

Balance sheet

Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Cracker Barrel can carry it.

Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Cash Debt
Fiscal year endFY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Cash and short-term investments $45.1M$25.1M$12.0M$39.6M$36.5M
Debt incl. finance leases $423M$415M$477M$485M—
Net debt / EBITDA 1.5x1.7x3.0x2.5x—
Debt / equity 0.8x0.9x1.1x1.1x—
Interest coverage 19.9x8.9x2.4x3.2x−1.2x
Current ratio 0.6x0.6x0.6x0.5x0.6x
Quick ratio 0.2x0.2x0.2x0.2x0.2x
Total assets $2.3B$2.2B$2.2B$2.2B$2.0B
Total liabilities $1.8B$1.7B$1.7B$1.7B$1.5B
Shareholders' equity $512M$484M$440M$462M$478M
Net debt (− = net cash) $378M$390M$465M$445M—

Insider trades

Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.

Bought, 12 months

$0.0M

0 insiders

Sold, 12 months

$13.7M

5 insiders

Of sales under plans

0%

$0.0M

DateInsiderTradeSharesPriceValueFiling
Jan 5, 2026 Bay Resource Partners Offshore Master Fund L.p.10% owner Sold 42,400 $27.10 $1.1M Form 4
Dec 29, 2025 Thomas E Claugus10% owner Sold 42,400 $25.56 $1.1M Form 4
Dec 23, 2025 Bay II Resource Partners Lp10% owner Sold 42,400 $26.03 $1.1M Form 4
Dec 19, 2025 Bay Resource Partners Lp10% owner Sold 42,400 $26.37 $1.1M Form 4
Dec 17, 2025 Bay Resource Partners Offshore Master Fund L.p.10% owner Sold 42,400 $26.85 $1.1M Form 4
Dec 16, 2025 Bay Resource Partners Offshore Master Fund L.p.10% owner Sold 42,400 $26.13 $1.1M Form 4
Dec 11, 2025 Gmt Capital Corp10% owner Sold 42,400 $28.79 $1.2M Form 4
Dec 10, 2025 Gmt Capital Corp10% owner Sold 42,400 $26.13 $1.1M Form 4
Dec 9, 2025 Bay II Resource Partners Lp10% owner Sold 42,400 $27.61 $1.2M Form 4
Dec 8, 2025 Bay II Resource Partners Lp10% owner Sold 42,400 $26.89 $1.1M Form 4
Dec 5, 2025 Bay Resource Partners Lp10% owner Sold 42,400 $27.73 $1.2M Form 4
Dec 4, 2025 Bay Resource Partners Lp10% owner Sold 42,400 $28.33 $1.2M Form 4

Piotroski F-score

Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8–9 is strong, 0–2 weak.

TestFY24FY25FY26
Net income is positive ✓ ✓ ✓
Cash from operations is positive ✓ ✓ ✓
Return on assets rose ✕ ✓ ✕
Cash from operations exceeds net income ✓ ✓ ✓
Debt fell relative to assets ✕ ✕ —
Current ratio rose ✓ ✕ ✓
Share count didn't rise ✕ ✕ ✕
Gross margin rose ✓ ✓ ✓
Revenue rose relative to assets ✓ ✓ ✕
F-score 6 / 96 / 9— / 9
Accruals ratio −5.9%−8.0%−8.3%
Altman Z'' 0.520.190.38

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Cracker Barrel CBRL $1.5B −4.7% −0.4% 2.7% — 48.3x —
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10 years of figures

US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.

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Fiscal yearFY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Income statement
Revenue $2.9B $3.0B $3.1B $2.5B $2.8B $3.3B $3.4B $3.5B $3.5B $3.3B
Gross profit $2.0B $2.1B $2.1B $1.7B $2.0B $2.2B $2.3B $2.4B $2.4B $2.3B
Operating income $313M $294M $283M $104M $367M $153M $121M $45.1M $55.0M −$12.5M
Interest expense $14.3M $15.2M $16.5M $20.3M $40.8M $7.7M $13.6M $18.5M $17.2M $10.6M
Pretax income $299M $278M $266M −$61.2M $311M $143M $104M $24.2M $37.7M $20.6M
Income tax $97.0M $30.8M $43.0M −$28.7M $56.0M $11.5M $4.6M −$16.7M −$8.7M −$11.1M
Net income $202M $248M $223M −$32.5M $255M $132M $99.0M $40.9M $46.4M $31.7M
Diluted EPS $8.37 $10.29 $9.27 −$1.36 $10.71 $5.67 $4.45 $1.83 $2.06 $1.40
Diluted shares 0.02B 0.02B 0.02B 0.02B 0.02B 0.02B 0.02B 0.02B 0.02B 0.02B
Cash flow
Cash from operations $321M $331M $363M $161M $302M $205M $251M $169M $219M $206M
Capital expenditure $111M $152M $138M $297M $71.4M $98.3M $127M $128M $159M $118M
Free cash flow $210M $178M $225M −$136M $230M $107M $123M $40.7M $59.8M $88.4M
Depreciation and amortization $86.3M $93.7M $108M $118M $109M $104M $105M $112M $122M $123M
Stock-based compensation $8.5M $7.0M $8.2M $6.4M $8.7M $8.2M $9.0M $10.3M $11.7M $9.4M
Acquisitions $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $33.0M $1.5M $1.5M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M
Share buybacks $0.0M $14.8M $0.0M $55.0M $35.0M $132M $17.4M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M
Dividends paid $197M $207M $194M $94.5M $31.7M $115M $116M $116M $23.1M $23.1M
Dividends and buybacks $197M $222M $193M $150M $66.7M $246M $134M $116M $23.1M $23.2M
Balance sheet
Cash and short-term investments $161M $115M $36.9M $437M $145M $45.1M $25.1M $12.0M $39.6M $36.5M
Total debt $400M $400M $400M $949M $327M $423M $415M $477M $485M —
Finance lease liabilities $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M
Current assets $359M $307M $242M $643M $354M $317M $282M $278M $313M $276M
Current liabilities $376M $365M $393M $451M $465M $502M $489M $454M $626M $476M
Inventory $156M $156M $155M $139M $138M $213M $189M $181M $181M $164M
Property and equipment, net $1.1B $1.1B $1.2B $1.1B $980M $970M $972M $960M $967M $886M
Total assets $1.5B $1.5B $1.6B $2.5B $2.4B $2.3B $2.2B $2.2B $2.2B $2.0B
Total liabilities $977M $946M $977M $2.1B $1.7B $1.8B $1.7B $1.7B $1.7B $1.5B
Shareholders' equity $545M $582M $605M $418M $664M $512M $484M $440M $462M $478M
Margins
Gross margin 69.5% 69.1% 69.7% 69.1% 69.3% 67.9% 67.3% 68.7% 69.0% 69.1%
Operating margin 10.7% 9.7% 9.2% 4.1% 13.0% 4.7% 3.5% 1.3% 1.6% −0.4%
EBITDA margin 13.7% 12.8% 12.7% 8.8% 16.8% 7.9% 6.5% 4.5% 5.1% 3.3%
Net margin 6.9% 8.2% 7.3% −1.3% 9.0% 4.0% 2.9% 1.2% 1.3% 1.0%
FCF margin 7.2% 5.9% 7.3% −5.4% 8.2% 3.3% 3.6% 1.2% 1.7% 2.7%
Returns
Return on capital 27.1% 31.6% 25.9% 8.6% 33.8% 16.2% 13.1% 5.1% 6.1% —
Return on capital employed 27.5% 25.4% 24.1% 6.3% 18.2% 8.2% 6.9% 2.6% 3.4% −0.8%
Return on equity 37.7% 44.0% 37.7% −6.4% 47.0% 22.5% 19.9% 8.9% 10.3% 6.7%
Return on assets 13.4% 16.2% 14.4% −1.6% 10.3% 5.6% 4.4% 1.9% 2.2% 1.5%
Growth
Revenue growth 0.5% 3.6% 1.4% −17.9% 11.8% 15.8% 5.4% 0.8% 0.4% −4.7%
Net income growth 6.7% 22.7% −9.8% −114.5% — −48.2% −24.9% −58.7% 13.3% −31.7%
EPS growth 6.5% 22.9% −9.9% −114.7% — −47.1% −21.5% −58.9% 12.6% −32.0%
FCF growth 33.6% −15.1% 25.9% −160.7% — −53.6% 15.5% −67.1% 46.9% 48.0%
Share count change 0.2% −0.2% 0.1% −1.0% −0.4% −2.2% −4.2% 0.2% 0.7% 0.4%
Financial health
Net debt / EBITDA 0.6x 0.7x 0.9x 2.3x 0.4x 1.5x 1.7x 3.0x 2.5x —
Debt / equity 0.7x 0.7x 0.7x 2.3x 0.5x 0.8x 0.9x 1.1x 1.1x —
Interest coverage 21.9x 19.4x 17.2x 5.1x 9.0x 19.9x 8.9x 2.4x 3.2x −1.2x
Current ratio 1.0x 0.8x 0.6x 1.4x 0.8x 0.6x 0.6x 0.6x 0.5x 0.6x
Quick ratio 0.5x 0.4x 0.2x 1.1x 0.5x 0.2x 0.2x 0.2x 0.2x 0.2x
Capital allocation
Capex / revenue 3.8% 5.0% 4.5% 11.8% 2.5% 3.0% 3.7% 3.7% 4.6% 3.6%
Stock comp / revenue 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3%
Payouts / FCF 93.7% 124.4% 86.2% — 28.9% 230.4% 108.1% 285.3% 38.7% 26.2%
Quality scores
Piotroski F-score 6.0 7.0 6.0 4.0 7.0 5.0 5.0 6.0 6.0 —
Altman Z'' 3.0 2.8 2.4 1.5 2.0 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.4
Accruals ratio −7.9% −5.4% −9.0% −9.4% −1.9% −3.1% −6.7% −5.9% −8.0% −8.3%

Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001067294). Data updated October 19, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.

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