Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc is classified under Consumer Discretionary / Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure and appears profitable on the latest normalized snapshot.
Business. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc (CBRL.O) is a consumer discretionary company operating in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure industry. The firm is headquartered in the United States and is primarily listed on the NASDAQ exchange. Specific details regarding its operating segments and geographic revenue mix are not available.
Analyst recommendations
10 analysts · consensus Hold- DividendDividend USD 0.25/sh2026-08-12
- EarningsFY 2026 earnings (expected)2026-10-10 · estimated
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- Company
- DividendDividend USD 0.25/sh2026-08-12
- EarningsFY 2026 earnings (expected)2026-10-10 · estimated
- Macro
- Rate decisionBank of England rate decision (press conf.)2026-08-06 · GB
- Rate decisionReserve Bank of Australia rate decision (press conf.)2026-08-12 · AU
- Rate decisionNorges Bank rate decision (press conf.)2026-08-20 · NO
- Rate decisionSveriges Riksbank rate decision (press conf.)2026-09-03 · SE
- Rate decisionBank of Canada rate decision (press conf.)2026-09-09 · CA
- Rate decisionEuropean Central Bank rate decision (press conf.)2026-09-10 · EU
- Macro & political
- ElectionSE Swedish Election2026-09-14 · SE
- ElectionUS U.S. Midterms2026-11-03 · US
- ElectionFR French Legislative2027-06-01 · FR
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Synthesis
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc (CBRL.O) is a consumer discretionary company operating in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure industry. The firm is headquartered in the United States and is primarily listed on the NASDAQ exchange. Specific details regarding its operating segments and geographic revenue mix are not available.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc (CBRL.O) is currently classified as Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure within Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (Consumer Discretionary). Classification confidence: 0.85 (gics-direct-frozen-sector classification). Capital structure on the latest snapshot: total assets 2,161,884,000 USD, total equity 461,689,000, short-term debt 0, long-term debt 335,457,000. Net cash position is approximately -295,814,000 USD. Self-calculated market cap is 1,170,391,573 USD (market_price × shares_outstanding_diluted). Profitability profile: revenue 3,483,684,000, gross profit 0, operating income 55,029,000, net income 46,379,000. Return on equity ~5.7%. Return on assets ~1.2%. Operating-cash-flow to net-income ratio is 8.35. Risk profile from automated assessment: liquidity risk medium, dilution risk low. Flags: Net cash is negative after subtracting total debt..
- Observed GAAP P/E is about 44.63x.
- Return on equity is about 5.7%.
- Debt to equity is about 0.73x.
- Analyst estimate: Mean price target = 43.75 USD
Bull / Bear case
Generated · model-assistedFree cash flow improved 85.1% year-over-year to a near-breakeven negative $13.6 million in fiscal 2025.
Operating income surged 29.0% year-over-year to $58.2 million, signaling meaningful margin expansion in fiscal 2025.
Cash conversion of 8.35% ranks best-in-class compared to the 2.76% median for the leisure cohort.
Net income grew 13.3% year-over-year to $46.4 million, demonstrating bottom-line resilience in fiscal 2025.
Debt-to-equity ratio of 0.73 is well below the 1.22 median for the hotels and restaurants cohort.
The company faces a high credit risk flag, indicating significant concerns regarding its debt obligations.
Operating margin of 0.87% and net margin of 0.79% both lag the cohort medians significantly.
In focus — financials by report
Revenue $797.4M, −2,9% YoY; Operating income +264,4% YoY.
- ▍Revenue $797.4M, −2,9% YoY
- ▍Operating income +264,4% YoY
- ▍Net income +240,5% YoY
- ▍Free cash flow +2 862,9% YoY
- ▍Net margin 5.4%
Revenue $874.8M, −7,9% YoY; Operating income −98,4% YoY.
- ▍Revenue $874.8M, −7,9% YoY
- ▍Operating income −98,4% YoY
- ▍Net income −94,2% YoY
- ▍Free cash flow −107,8% YoY
- ▍Net margin 0.1%
Revenue $797.2M, −5,7% YoY; Operating income −563,8% YoY.
- ▍Revenue $797.2M, −5,7% YoY
- ▍Operating income −563,8% YoY
- ▍Net income −608,3% YoY
- ▍Free cash flow −226,9% YoY
- ▍Net margin -3.1%
Revenue $868.0M, −3,0% YoY; Operating income −67,8% YoY.
- ▍Revenue $868.0M, −3,0% YoY
- ▍Operating income −67,8% YoY
- ▍Net income −62,8% YoY
- ▍Free cash flow +57,4% YoY
- ▍Net margin 0.8%
Revenue $821.1M; Operating income $14.9M.
- ▍Revenue $821.1M
- ▍Operating income $14.9M
- ▍Net margin 1.5%
Revenue $949.4M; Operating income $29.1M.
- ▍Revenue $949.4M
- ▍Operating income $29.1M
- ▍Net margin 2.3%
Revenue $845.1M; Operating income $7.1M.
- ▍Revenue $845.1M
- ▍Operating income $7.1M
- ▍Net margin 0.6%
Revenue $894.4M; Operating income $22.2M.
- ▍Revenue $894.4M
- ▍Operating income $22.2M
- ▍Net margin 2.0%
Revenue $3.48B, +0,4% YoY; Operating income +29,0% YoY.
- ▍Revenue $3.48B, +0,4% YoY
- ▍Operating income +29,0% YoY
- ▍Net income +13,3% YoY
- ▍Free cash flow +85,1% YoY
- ▍Net margin 1.3%
Revenue $3.47B, +0,8% YoY; Operating income −62,6% YoY.
- ▍Revenue $3.47B, +0,8% YoY
- ▍Operating income −62,6% YoY
- ▍Net income −58,7% YoY
- ▍Free cash flow −132,0% YoY
- ▍Net margin 1.2%
Revenue $3.44B, +5,4% YoY; Operating income −21,2% YoY.
- ▍Revenue $3.44B, +5,4% YoY
- ▍Operating income −21,2% YoY
- ▍Net income −24,9% YoY
- ▍Free cash flow −277,4% YoY
- ▍Net margin 2.9%
Revenue $3.27B, +15,8% YoY; Operating income −58,3% YoY.
- ▍Revenue $3.27B, +15,8% YoY
- ▍Operating income −58,3% YoY
- ▍Net income −48,2% YoY
- ▍Free cash flow −91,4% YoY
- ▍Net margin 4.0%
Valuation TTM
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Predictor forecast
| Metric | Our forecast | Guidance | Consensus |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPS | —no estimate | —no estimate | -0,39 |
| Revenue | —no estimate | —no estimate | 3,3B USD |
| Operating income | —no estimate | —no estimate | -4,9M USD |
Options
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Risk factors
- Net cash is negative after subtracting total debt.
Benchmarks vs cohort
Corporate actions / M&A
FX exposure
Comparable transactions
Derivatives & instruments
Derivative transactions
- SVP, Store Operations · Stock Options (Right to Buy) → Common StockAcquired 2 909 @ $43,80grant · 2025-10-09
- SVP, Store Operations · Stock Options (Right to Buy) → Common StockAcquired 2 909 @ $43,80grant · 2025-10-09
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- Return On Equitynet_income / total_equity
- Enterprise Valuemarket_cap - net_cash
- Ev To Revenueenterprise_value / revenue
- Net Cashcash_and_equivalents + short_term_investments - short_term_debt - long_term_debt
- Market Priceinput from market-data provider (delayed close or quote-shim mid)
- Capex To Revenuecapital_expenditure / revenue
- Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. Market data — financials · 2026-07-28
- Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc Market data — analyst estimates · 2026-07-28
- Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc Market data — ESG · 2026-07-28
- Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc HA canonical relationships · 2026-07-28
Ownership & reference
Top holders
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$18M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$4M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$11M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$10M
- Funds · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$11M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$3M
- Brokerage Firms · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$4M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$16M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$7M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$24M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$2M
- Investment Managers · as of 2025-12-310,00 %$53M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$4M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$5M
- Brokerage Firms · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$2M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$2M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$1M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$1M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$0M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$0M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$0M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$0M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$0M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$0M
Leadership
- Julie MasinoPresident, Chief Executive Officer
Insider activity
- SVP, Store Operations · Common StockOther 17 519 · 2026-07-30
- SVP and General Counsel · Common StockOther 1 021 @ $29,08$30K · 2026-05-04
- SVP, Store Operations · Common StockOther 1 084 @ $29,08$32K · 2026-03-09
- SVP Chief Supply Chain Officer · Common StockOther 318 @ $32,76$10K · 2026-01-17
- 10% owner · Common StockSold 42 400 @ $27,10$1,1M · 2026-01-05
- 10% owner · Common StockSold 42 400 @ $25,56$1,1M · 2025-12-29
- 10% owner · Common StockSold 42 400 @ $26,03$1,1M · 2025-12-23
- 10% owner · Common StockSold 42 400 @ $26,37$1,1M · 2025-12-19
- 10% owner · Common StockSold 42 400 @ $26,85$1,1M · 2025-12-17
- 10% owner · Common StockSold 42 400 @ $26,13$1,1M · 2025-12-16
- 10% owner · Common StockSold 42 400 @ $28,79$1,2M · 2025-12-11
- 10% owner · Common StockSold 42 400 @ $26,13$1,1M · 2025-12-10
- 10% owner · Common StockSold 42 400 @ $27,61$1,2M · 2025-12-09
- 10% owner · Common StockSold 42 400 @ $26,89$1,1M · 2025-12-08
- 10% owner · Common StockSold 42 400 @ $27,73$1,2M · 2025-12-05
- 10% owner · Common StockSold 42 400 @ $28,33$1,2M · 2025-12-04
- 10% owner · Common StockSold 42 400 @ $28,60$1,2M · 2025-12-03
- 10% owner · Common StockSold 84 700 @ $28,15$2,4M · 2025-12-02
- Director · Common StockOther 5 390 · 2025-11-20
- Director · Common StockOther 5 390 · 2025-11-20
- Director · Common StockOther 5 390 · 2025-11-20
- Director · Common StockOther 5 390 · 2025-11-20
- Director · Common StockOther 5 390 · 2025-11-20
- Director · Common StockOther 5 390 · 2025-11-20
- Director · Common StockOther 5 390 · 2025-11-20
Short positioning
Geographic breakdown
Intel & risk
Evidence & claims
From filings & derived data- Cash & equivalents (annual): USD 8.57MUnknown
- Shares outstanding (annual): 22.35MUnknown
- Long-term debt (annual): USD 381.84MUnknown
- Current assets (annual): USD 283.74MUnknown
- Total assets (annual): USD 2.1BUnknown
- Shareholders' equity (annual): USD 425.83MUnknown
- Current liabilities (annual): USD 581.01MUnknown
- EPS (basic) (annual): USD-PER-SHARES 2Unknown
- Capex (annual): USD 159.14MUnknown
- Operating cash flow (annual): USD 218.9MUnknown
- EPS (diluted) (annual): USD-PER-SHARES 2Unknown
- Revenue (annual): USD 3.48BUnknown
- Cost of revenue (annual): USD 1.08BUnknown
- Operating income (annual): USD 55.03MUnknown
- Net income (annual): USD 46.38MUnknown
- Pre-tax income (annual): USD 37.73MUnknown
- Cash & equivalents (annual): USD 10.35MUnknown
- Current assets (annual): USD 280.26MUnknown
- Shares outstanding (annual): 22.26MUnknown
- Current liabilities (annual): USD 454.24MUnknown
- Total assets (annual): USD 2.15BUnknown
- Shareholders' equity (annual): USD 460.92MUnknown
- Long-term debt (annual): USD 471.46MUnknown
- Operating cash flow (annual): USD 168.98MUnknown