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

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 fell to 1.43% in Q2 2026 per CBRL's latest filing, from 0.87% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 11.01% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 1.43% in Q2 2026.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 5.0% (2025), against an average of 4.81%.
• Biggest YoY gain for Return on Capital Employed was 236 bps in 2022; the steepest drop was 929 bps in 2022.
• Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 7.34% in 2022, then retreated by 16 bps to 6.17% in 2023, then slumped by 62 bps to 2.36% in 2024, then slumped by 59 bps to 0.97% in 2025, then slumped by 247 bps to 1.43% in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest CBRL Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 1.43% (Q2 2026), 0.87% (Q1 2026), and 0.97% (Q4 2025).