Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's (CBRL) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 1.43% in Q2 2026, down 568.0% YoY from 0.3% in Q2 2025, and down 63.53% on a QoQ basis from 0.87% in Q1 2026.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's Return on Capital Employed history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 1.43% for Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 568.0% year-over-year to 1.43% in Q2 2026; TTM through May 2026 was 1.43%, a 568.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 3.58%, up 98.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 1.43% for Q2 2026 at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, down from 0.87% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for CBRL reached as high as 8.57% in Q3 2022 and fell as low as 6.51% in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 3.0% and a median of 3.66% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Capital Employed reached 1401 bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 1766 bps in 2022.
  • Tracing CBRL's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 7.34% in 2022, then declined by 16 bps to 6.17% in 2023, then plunged by 62 bps to 2.36% in 2024, then plunged by 59 bps to 0.97% in 2025, then plunged by 247 bps to 1.43% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 1.43%, 0.87%, and 0.97% for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.

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10 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 1.06 Bn 1.03 Bn 556.39 Mn -1.43%

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 1, 2026 -1.43%
Jan 30, 2026 -0.87%
Oct 31, 2025 0.97%
Aug 1, 2025 3.61%
May 2, 2025 4.26%
Jan 31, 2025 2.28%
Nov 1, 2024 2.36%
Aug 2, 2024 2.65%
Apr 26, 2024 3.72%
Jan 26, 2024 5.75%
Oct 27, 2023 6.17%
Jul 28, 2023 6.98%
Apr 28, 2023 6.29%
Jan 27, 2023 7.00%
Oct 28, 2022 7.34%
Jul 29, 2022 8.57%
Apr 29, 2022 -6.51%
Jan 28, 2022 -5.20%
Oct 29, 2021 -6.67%
Jul 30, 2021 3.18%