Growth Metrics

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

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has reported Operating Margin over the past 18 years, most recently at 0.05% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Operating Margin at 0.05% for Q1 2026, down 301.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 1.8% (down 178.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.23%, up 8.0%.
  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 was 0.05% at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, up from 4.11% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Margin for CBRL hit a ceiling of 5.41% in Q1 2022 and a floor of 10.83% in Q3 2022.
  • Median Operating Margin over the past 5 years was 1.39% (2023), compared with a mean of 0.14%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: soared 1961bps in 2022 and later crashed -495bps in 2025.
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's Operating Margin stood at 2.81% in 2022, then tumbled by -51bps to 1.39% in 2023, then tumbled by -40bps to 0.84% in 2024, then tumbled by -592bps to 4.11% in 2025, then soared by 101bps to 0.05% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Margin were 0.05% (Q1 2026), 4.11% (Q4 2025), and 4.97% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.