Growth Metrics

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

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has reported Gross Margin over the past 18 years, most recently at 66.55% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Gross Margin at 66.55% for Q1 2026, down 82.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 68.66% (down 901.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 68.97%, down 707.0%.
  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 was 66.55% at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, down from 68.84% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Gross Margin for CBRL hit a ceiling of 102.18% in Q3 2022 and a floor of 66.46% in Q4 2022.
  • Median Gross Margin over the past 5 years was 70.01% (2024), compared with a mean of 74.85%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Gross Margin: soared 3223bps in 2022 and later plummeted -2871bps in 2025.
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's Gross Margin stood at 66.46% in 2022, then increased by 13bps to 75.28% in 2023, then fell by 0bps to 74.97% in 2024, then decreased by -8bps to 68.84% in 2025, then dropped by -3bps to 66.55% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Gross Margin were 66.55% (Q1 2026), 68.84% (Q4 2025), and 69.47% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.