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CBRL

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

CBRL

NASDAQ·Consumer Cyclical·Restaurants·Mkt cap $1.2B

$53.50

-2.90%

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52-Week Range

$24.85 - $71.93

P/E

-292.51

Fwd P/E

-31.60

Beta

1.30

Div Yield

1.81%

Avg Vol

1.3M

Shares Out

22.4M

Mkt Cap

$1.2B

Price action

Price chart

Down 18.9% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

Bull Case

4 reasons

  • Integrated restaurant-retail concept creates unique customer experience and operational synergies
  • Strong brand identity built on nostalgic Americana and authentic country store heritage since 1969
  • Diversified revenue streams reduce dependence on food service margins alone
  • Established nationwide footprint with 664 locations providing scale and market penetration

Bear Case

1 risk

  • Average volatility.

Growth

Stable outlook

Expansion of delivery and pick-up services to capture off-premise dining demand

Value

Deep value opportunity - significant discount to Restaurants & Food Service peers

Momentum

Hot

+90.7% over 3m

Quality

Stable

Solid business

Dividend

Modest

1.81% yield

Earnings track record

Latest print - beat on both lines

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: Sep 16, 2026

Q2 26 RECAP

JUN 9, 2026

Reported EPS of $0.29 vs -$0.45 consensus (+164.4% surprise). Revenue of $797.4M vs $776.7M expected (+2.7%). Beat on both top and bottom lines.

EPS beat +164.4%
Rev beat +2.7%
Double beat

EPS surprise · last 4Q

1 of 1 beats

Q2 26

+164.4%

Next: Sep 16, 2026

Revenue trend · last 8Q

+2%

+0%

-3%

-6%

-8%

Q3 24

Q4 24

Q1 24

Q2 25

Q3 25

Q4 25

Q1 25

Q2 26

$817.1M

$894.4M

$845.1M

$949.4M

$821.1M

$868.0M

$797.2M

$874.8M

Margins · last 8Q

Gross

5.6%

Operating

0.1%

Profit

0.1%

Wall Street consensus

5 analysts · 40% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

2

40%

Hold

2

40%

Sell

1

20%

Median Price Target

Latest: UBS · Jun 10, 2026

vs Industry

How CBRL stacks vs Restaurants

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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