Growth Metrics

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 16 years, most recently at 0.04% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.04% for Q1 2026, down 4.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 0.04% (down 4.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.01%, changed 0.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 was 0.04% at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, down from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for CBRL hit a ceiling of 0.02% in Q2 2025 and a floor of 0.07% in Q2 2022.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.0% (2024), compared with a mean of 0.01%.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Capital Employed hit 7bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached -21bps in 2022.
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.01% in 2022, then decreased by -8bps to 0.01% in 2023, then tumbled by -92bps to 0.0% in 2024, then tumbled by -4896bps to 0.02% in 2025, then crashed by -92bps to 0.04% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.04% (Q1 2026), 0.02% (Q4 2025), and 0.01% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.