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Cracker Barrel

NSQ:CBRL · US22410J1060
Hotels, Restaurants & LeisureLarge

360

6
EV / EBIT1
Price / Owner Earnings7
Owner Earnings Yield32
Dividend Yield79
Price/Sales83
EV / Gross Profit72
Price/Book45
Return on Capital8
Cash Return on Capital30
Return on Equity38
EBIT Margin7
Gross Profitability63
Cash Conversion86
Accruals53
Owner Earnings Margin28
Sales growth12
Profit Growth4
Long-Term EPS Growth1
Owner Earnings Growth75
Reinvestment10
Price momentum23
Debt load47
Refinancing22
Debt Payback9
Liquidity17
Analyst ratings1
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside4
Market mood1
Value Creation4/20not creating value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Cracker Barrel doesn't consistently earn more than its cost of capital, so it isn't yet creating shareholder value.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustryHotels, Restaurants & Leisure
SizeLarge
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNASDAQGS
Founded1969
Employees10,629
Websitecrackerbarrel.com
ISINUS22410J1060
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Indices
NASDAQ (USA)
Themes
Food DeliveryRestaurants

Description

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. principally engages in the operation and development of the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store concept (Cracker Barrel). Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Concept The company’s Cracker Barrel stores are intended…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. sits in the middle of our grid: average quality, average price, no obvious signal in either direction.

On valuation, the picture is expensive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 71.3×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year. The implied growth embedded in that price is around 23% a year, against analyst forecasts of -31%. The market is pricing in far more than analysts expect: heroic expectations.

Growth is tepid; the safety picture is stretched. The company scores 4/20 on our value-creation score: not creating value.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
14
2023202420252026

All-time high

67

Jan 2023

All-time low

12

Mar 2026

Average rank

34

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
83
84
77
77
Price/Earnings
100
60
60
66
Price/Book
45
47
33
34
Dividend Yield
79
70
100
98
Value (overall)
93
85
88
87

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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