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CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC (CBRL)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q3 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. operates Cracker Barrel stores that combine full-service restaurants with gift shops. The restaurants serve home-style country food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, while the gift shops offer decorative and functional items such as apparel, toys, and food products. The company serves travelers and local customers across 43 states with 657 stores, focusing on consistent quality and a rustic country-store atmosphere.

Snapshot

Revenue
$3.48B
Revenue growth (YoY)
0.4%
Net income
$46.4M
Diluted EPS
$2.06
Gross margin
69.0%
Operating margin
1.6%
Net margin
1.3%
FCF margin
1.7%
ROE
10.0%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
50.9×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$1.31B
Long-term debt / equity
0.73×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended August 1, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

  • Revenue grew 0.4% to $3.5B in FY2025, in line with the 0.8% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 1.6% in FY2025, -11.4 pp against 13.0% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q3 FY2026: revenue $797M, down 2.9% from Q3 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $60M in FY2025, 1.7% of revenue.
  • Net income rose 13.3% to $46M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Cracker Barrel Old Country Store’s fundamentals sit among the 42 restaurant companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin69.0%
50th percentile of 9
Operating margin1.6%
38th percentile of 40
Net margin1.3%
41st percentile of 42
FCF margin1.7%
41st percentile of 42
Revenue growth (YoY)+0.4%
27th percentile of 42
ROE10.0%
57th percentile of 29
P/E50.9×
92nd percentile of 27
Long-term debt / equity0.73×
50th percentile of 23
Short interest6.72d
85th percentile of 41

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store’s P/E of 50.9 ranks in the 92nd percentile of the 27 peers with a meaningful P/E.

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Percentiles describe where a figure sits among industry peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 6 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+6 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
4
0 new, 4 added
Reduced / exited
3
2 trimmed, 1 exited
Combined position
$189.6M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$76.6M1.4MAdded
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$52.2M980.3KAdded
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$19.3M361.6KAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$15.7M295.0KAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$13.5M253.7KReduced
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ2 2026$12.2M228.5KReduced

No longer held by: Maverick Capital (as of Q2 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
5.1M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
-2.8%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
6.72
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
759.8K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-145.1M-2.8%6.72
2026-07-315.3M-7.2%5.79
2026-07-155.7M-5.8%5.57
2026-06-306.0M-1.0%5.12
2026-06-156.1M-0.1%2.69
2026-05-296.1M+3.2%5.76
2026-05-155.9M+5.7%6.11
2026-04-305.6M+13.9%5.98

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$3.48B$3.47B$3.44B$3.27B$2.82B
Gross profit$2.40B$2.38B$2.32B$2.22B$1.96B
Operating income$55.0M$45.1M$120.6M$153.0M$366.7M
Net income$46.4M$40.9M$99.0M$131.9M$254.5M
Diluted EPS$2.06$1.83$4.45$5.67$10.71

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$39.6M$12.0M$25.1M$45.1M$144.6M
Current assets$313.1M$278.2M$282.3M$317.3M$353.6M
Total assets$2.16B$2.16B$2.22B$2.29B$2.39B
Current liabilities$625.6M$454.2M$489.0M$502.3M$465.3M
Long-term debt$335.5M$476.6M$414.9M$423.2M$327.3M
Total liabilities$1.70B$1.72B$1.73B$1.78B$1.73B
Total equity$461.7M$440.1M$483.8M$511.5M$663.6M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$218.9M$169.0M$250.5M$205.3M$301.9M
Capital expenditure$159.1M$128.3M$127.0M$98.3M$71.4M
Free cash flow$59.8M$40.7M$123.5M$106.9M$230.5M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q3 FY2026$797.4M-2.9%$42.8M$1.90
Q2 FY2026$874.8M-7.9%$1.3M$0.06
Q1 FY2026$797.2M-5.7%$-24.6M$-1.10
Q4 FY2025$868.0M-2.9%$6.8M$0.30
Q3 FY2025$821.1M0.5%$12.6M$0.56
Q2 FY2025$949.4M1.5%$22.2M$0.99
Q1 FY2025$845.1M2.6%$4.8M$0.22
Q4 FY2024$894.4M6.9%$18.1M$0.81

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorConsumer Discretionary
SIC industryRetail-Eating Places
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended August 1, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ3 FY2026 (ended May 1, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2012
SEC CIK1067294

Selected SEC filings

10-Q2026-06-09
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10-Q2026-03-04
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10-Q2025-12-09
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8-K2026-07-27
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8-K2026-07-20
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8-K2026-06-09
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8-K2026-05-01
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.