Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Financial Ratios
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At close: Oct 9, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store ratio analysis
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store earned a net margin of 1.0% in FY 2026, down from 1.3% a year earlier. Gross margin was 69.1% compared with a median of 69.1% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 6.6%, meaning Cracker Barrel Old Country Store generated 0.07 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.71 versus 1.05 the year before, and the current ratio was 0.58. At the end of FY 2026, CBRL traded at 40.3 times earnings; across the 9 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 12.7 to 40.3, with a median of 18.6. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2026 | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 40.28 | 28.66 | 22.97 | 21.07 | 16.77 | 12.72 | — | 18.58 | 14.15 | 18.57 |
| Price / sales | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.27 | 0.60 | 0.67 | 1.14 | 1.05 | 1.35 | 1.15 | 1.28 |
| Price / book | 2.63 | 2.85 | 2.12 | 4.30 | 4.31 | 4.86 | 6.30 | 6.85 | 6.01 | 6.86 |
| Gross margin | 69.1% | 69.0% | 68.7% | 67.2% | 67.9% | 69.3% | 69.1% | 69.7% | 69.1% | 69.5% |
| Operating margin | -0.4% | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3.5% | 4.7% | 13.0% | 4.1% | 9.2% | 9.7% | 10.7% |
| Net margin | 1.0% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 2.9% | 4.0% | 9.0% | -1.3% | 7.3% | 8.2% | 6.9% |
| Free cash flow margin | 2.7% | 1.7% | 1.2% | 3.6% | 3.3% | 8.2% | -5.4% | 7.3% | 5.9% | 7.2% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 6.6% | 10.0% | 9.3% | 20.5% | 25.8% | 38.4% | -7.8% | 36.9% | 42.6% | 37.1% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 1.6% | 2.1% | 1.9% | 4.5% | 5.7% | 10.6% | -1.3% | 14.1% | 16.2% | 13.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.71 | 1.05 | 1.08 | 0.86 | 0.83 | 0.49 | 2.27 | 0.66 | 0.69 | 0.73 |
| Current ratio | 0.58 | 0.50 | 0.61 | 0.58 | 0.63 | 0.76 | 1.43 | 0.62 | 0.84 | 0.95 |
| Revenue growth | -4.7% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 5.4% | 15.8% | 11.8% | -17.9% | 1.4% | 3.6% | 0.5% |
| EPS growth | -32.0% | 12.6% | -58.9% | -21.5% | -47.1% | — | -114.7% | -9.9% | 22.9% | 6.5% |