Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's (CBRL) quarterly Gross Margin came in at 69.78% in Q2 2026, down 11.0% YoY from 78.4% in Q2 2025, and up 4.86% on a QoQ basis from 66.55% in Q1 2026.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's Gross Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 69.78% for Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin fell 11.0% year-over-year to 69.78% in Q2 2026; TTM through May 2026 was 75.39%, a 248.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 75.45%, up 678.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin was 69.78% for Q2 2026 at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, up from 66.55% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Gross Margin for CBRL reached as high as 102.18% in Q3 2022 and fell as low as 37.24% in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 72.77% and a median of 72.43% in 2024 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Gross Margin slumped 6494 bps; it then surged 3234 bps in 2024.
  • Tracing CBRL's Gross Margin over 5 years: stood at 76.57% in 2022, then dropped by 2 bps to 75.28% in 2023, then fell by 0 bps to 74.97% in 2024, then declined by 8 bps to 68.84% in 2025, then advanced by 1 bps to 69.78% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Gross Margin over the past three periods registered 69.78%, 66.55%, and 68.84% for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Starbucks 114.58 Bn 112.88 Bn 9.40 Bn 98.63%
2 Chipotle Mexican Grill 42.15 Bn 41.28 Bn 2.61 Bn 84.44%
3 Yum Brands 42.13 Bn 41.44 Bn 1.38 Bn 67.12%
4 Restaurant Brands International 25.46 Bn 25.99 Bn 2.14 Bn 94.61%
5 Darden Restaurants 24.75 Bn 24.51 Bn 3.31 Bn 98.82%
6 Yum China Holdings 15.17 Bn 13.74 Bn 3.24 Bn 99.05%
7 Texas Roadhouse 11.72 Bn 11.53 Bn 1.40 Bn 86.00%
8 Dominos Pizza 10.51 Bn 10.28 Bn 464.51 Mn 40.37%
9 Cava 10.34 Bn 9.94 Bn 797.57 Mn 290.04%
10 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 1.06 Bn 1.03 Bn 556.39 Mn 69.78%

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 1, 2026 69.78%
Jan 30, 2026 66.55%
Oct 31, 2025 68.84%
Aug 1, 2025 95.46%
May 2, 2025 69.89%
Jan 31, 2025 76.83%
Nov 1, 2024 74.97%
Aug 2, 2024 69.57%
Apr 26, 2024 75.48%
Jan 26, 2024 66.34%
Oct 27, 2023 75.28%
Jul 28, 2023 37.24%
Apr 28, 2023 76.36%
Jan 27, 2023 65.03%
Oct 28, 2022 76.57%
Jul 29, 2022 102.18%
Apr 29, 2022 76.48%
Jan 28, 2022 67.10%
Oct 29, 2021 76.60%
Jul 30, 2021 69.94%