CBRL vs Peers Stock Comparison

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Percentile Scorecard

CBRL

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCBRL
Valuation 56 #9 of 19
Growth 13 #15 of 17
Profitability 33 #11 of 16
Financial Health 32 #14 of 20
Shareholder Returns 13 #8 of 9
Overall 29
  • CBRL ranked among 22 companies in Restaurants

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCBRLSPY
1 month +32.9% -0.8%
3 months +31.3% +3.5%
6 months +121.6% +7.0%
Year to date +171.0% +12.2%
1 year +89.9% +13.0%
3 years +6.5% +86.3%
3 years, per year +2.1% +23.1%
5 years -46.6% +68.6%
5 years, per year -11.8% +11.0%
10 years -47.9% +258.0%
10 years, per year -6.3% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCBRLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 57.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 54.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.35 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.56 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -83.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -0.3% -1.8%
52-week high $69.02 $779.14
52-week low $25.02 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCBRL
P/E now vs peer median 48.5xmedian 16.8x
P/S now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 1.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 16.2xmedian 9.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 17.4xmedian 17.5x
P/B now vs peer median 3.2xmedian 3.9x
PEG now vs peer median -1.52median 0.52

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCBRL
Revenue $3.32B
Gross profit $2.29B
Operating income -$12.47M
Net income $31.68M
Free cash flow $88.42M
EPS (diluted) $1.40
Cash & equivalents $36.54M
Total debt $1.91B
Shares (diluted) 22.55M
Enterprise value $1.46B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCBRL
P/E 48.5x
P/FCF 17.4x
P/Operating cash flow 7.5x
P/S 0.5x
P/B 3.2x
P/Tangible book 3.2x
EV/EBITDA 16.2x
EV/EBIT -147.5x
EV/Revenue 0.6x
EV/FCF 20.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 8.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.52

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCBRL
Revenue growth (1Y) -4.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -4.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -0.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) -122.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -28.1%
Net income growth (1Y) -31.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -31.6%
EPS growth (1Y) -31.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -31.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -5.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -6.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 48.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -10.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCBRL
Gross margin 69.1%
EBITDA margin 3.4%
Operating margin -0.4%
Pretax margin 0.6%
Net margin 1.0%
FCF margin 2.7%
Operating cash flow margin 6.2%
Return on equity 6.7%
Return on assets 1.5%
Return on invested capital -1.4%
Return on capital employed -0.8%
Asset turnover 1.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 6.5x
Stock comp / revenue 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCBRL
Debt / assets 16.7%
Debt / equity 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.7x
Debt / FCF 3.8x
Liabilities / assets 76.4%
Equity / assets 23.6%
Interest coverage –
Current ratio 0.6x
Quick ratio 0.2x
Cash ratio 0.1x
Altman Z-score 2.42

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCBRL
Dividend yield 1.5%
Net buyback yield –
Shareholder yield 1.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) 73.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) 26.2%
Dividend growth (1Y) 0.2%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -41.6%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCBRL
Forward P/E 32.2xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $2.14FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +167.5%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +5.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.54BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +6.6%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after -8.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCBRL
Held by institutions 100.0%
Institutions holding 270
Change in shares held, QoQ +12.2%
Institutions buying 150
Institutions selling 69
Buyers to sellers 2.17

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL) 1.45%.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.