Growth Metrics

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2026)

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has reported Free Cash Flow over the past 18 years, most recently at -$5.8 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Free Cash Flow at -$5.8 million for Q1 2026, down 121.47% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was -$21.3 million (down 112.86% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $59.8 million, down 62.53%.
  • Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 was -$5.8 million at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, up from -$58.6 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Free Cash Flow for CBRL hit a ceiling of $177.2 million in Q3 2023 and a floor of -$59.1 million in Q2 2022.
  • Median Free Cash Flow over the past 5 years was $27.0 million (2025), compared with a mean of $34.4 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Free Cash Flow: soared 598.56% in 2024 and later crashed 465.33% in 2025.
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's Free Cash Flow stood at -$5.2 million in 2022, then tumbled by 287.24% to -$20.1 million in 2023, then soared by 48.42% to -$10.4 million in 2024, then crashed by 465.33% to -$58.6 million in 2025, then skyrocketed by 90.12% to -$5.8 million in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Free Cash Flow were -$5.8 million (Q1 2026), -$58.6 million (Q4 2025), and -$51.5 million (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.