Growth Metrics

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

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has reported Return on Invested Capital over the past 16 years, most recently at 0.02% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Invested Capital at 0.02% for Q1 2026, down 1.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 0.02% (down 1.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.02%, up 1.0%.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q1 2026 was 0.02% at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, down from 20.65% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Invested Capital for CBRL hit a ceiling of 20.65% in Q4 2025 and a floor of 0.28% in Q2 2022.
  • Median Return on Invested Capital over the past 5 years was 0.01% (2023), compared with a mean of 1.19%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: crashed -67bps in 2022 and later skyrocketed 2065bps in 2025.
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.02% in 2022, then decreased by -6bps to 0.02% in 2023, then plummeted by -89bps to 0.0% in 2024, then surged by 1003221bps to 20.65% in 2025, then plummeted by -100bps to 0.02% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Invested Capital were 0.02% (Q1 2026), 20.65% (Q4 2025), and 0.02% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.