Growth Metrics

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL) FCF Margin (2016 - 2026)

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL) has 18 years of FCF Margin data on record, last reported at 2.8% in Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, FCF Margin fell 772.0% year-over-year to 2.8%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 2.8%, down 485.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 1.72%, 54.0% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin reached 2.8% in Q1 2026 per CBRL's latest filing, up from 11.15% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 10.57% in Q1 2024 and bottomed at 11.15% in Q4 2025.
  • Average FCF Margin over 5 years is 1.43%, with a median of 1.4% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Margin: skyrocketed 660bps in 2023, then tumbled -993bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 0.62% in 2022, then plummeted by -695bps to 4.92% in 2023, then surged by 75bps to 1.23% in 2024, then crashed by -809bps to 11.15% in 2025, then soared by 125bps to 2.8% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for FCF Margin were 2.8% in Q1 2026, 11.15% in Q4 2025, and 6.54% in Q3 2025.