Growth Metrics

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

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on record, last reported at 0.01% in Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 3.0% year-over-year to 0.01%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 0.01%, down 3.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.04%, 1.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.01% in Q1 2026 per CBRL's latest filing, down from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.11% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 0.02% in Q2 2024.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.02%, with a median of 0.01% recorded in 2023.
  • The widest YoY moves for Return on Capital Employed: up 6bps in 2022, down -16bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.01% in 2022, then dropped by -8bps to 0.01% in 2023, then surged by 334bps to 0.02% in 2024, then crashed by -59bps to 0.01% in 2025, then crashed by -190bps to 0.01% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Capital Employed were 0.01% in Q1 2026, 0.01% in Q4 2025, and 0.04% in Q3 2025.