# Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc (CBRL) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NASDAQ, United States. Sector: Consumer Cyclical / Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure. Price $54.69, market value $1.2 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 47.6×** (5-yr avg 18.7×, 3-yr avg 22.9×). Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc trades at 47.6× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 18.7×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Consumer Cyclical median in the September 2026 study was 19.5×. Forward P/E is 49.7×, higher than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to fall.
- **PEG: 3.95**. A PEG of 3.95 means the P/E is high relative to expected earnings growth; the price already assumes a lot.
- **Price / sales: 0.4×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 0.4×, a low multiple typical of thin-margin businesses or out-of-favour stocks.
- **Price / book: 2.6×**. The shares trade at 2.6× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **EV / EBITDA: 16.3×**. Enterprise value is 16.3× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 4.8%** (5-yr avg 6.0%). Free cash flow equals 4.8% of the market value, in line with its five-year average of 6.0%.
- **Earnings yield: 2.1%**. The inverse of the P/E: 2.1% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Operating margin: -0.6%**. Operating margin is negative: the business loses money before interest and tax.
- **Net margin: 1.3%**. 1.3% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 10.0%**. 10.0% on shareholders' equity is solid.
- **Return on invested capital: -1.9%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is -1.9%: close to or below the cost of capital, so growth may not create value.
- **Return on assets: 1.2%**. Each dollar of assets produces 1.2% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 0.4%** (3-yr 2.2%/yr, 5-yr 6.7%/yr). Revenue grew 0.4% over the last year, against 6.7% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): 12.6%** (3-yr -28.6%/yr). Earnings per share rose 12.6%, faster than revenue, so margins expanded or the share count shrank.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): -17.6%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at -17.6% a year over three years, keeping pace with earnings: the growth is real cash.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 1.05**. Debt is 1.05 times equity, a leveraged balance sheet that needs steady cash flow to service.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 4.4×**. It would take 4.4 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, above the 3× level most lenders treat as comfortable.
- **Piotroski F-score: 6/9**. 6 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 1.83%** ($1.00 per share, trailing). Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc yields 1.83%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.
- **Payout ratio: 50%** (39% of free cash flow). 50% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): -23.8%/yr** (1-yr -67.7%). The dividend has not grown over five years.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 7.6%** (YTD 119.7%, 3-mo 63.9%). The shares are up 7.6% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -9.2%** (120.1% above the low). Trading 9% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 47**. An RSI of 47 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.48** (volatility 56%). Beta of 0.48 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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