Cracker Barrel Old Country Store $CBRL Read from its own SEC filings · nothing written, nothing inferred

🫧 Edgar looked up Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. ($CBRL). Last filing: DEF 14A, 2026-10-06. 9 event filings (8-K) in the past twelve months.

🔖 Exposure: revenue $3.3B (FY2026), total debt $337.2M. Experience: revenue down 4.7% on the year, up 0.4% a year over 4 years; operating margin -0.4%, down from 1.6%. Soundness: equity 23.6% of assets, return on equity 6.6%, payout 73.1% of profit. Credibility: four or more audited years, reasonable weight. Range: 80% of past cases like this landed between $2.8B and $3.5B next year (method v4.1: its own 5-year record of growth weighed at 57% against $1B–10B filers; across 2019–2025, 69.0% landed inside, 83.4% on the one year the method never saw). In a shock year the stress range is $2.6B to $3.8B. A statistical range, not company guidance. Against peers (31 filers, $50M+ revenue, retail-eating places): operating margin -0.4% against a 4.3% median; growth -4.7% against 4.7%.

Next year, 80%$2.8B–$3.5B
Growth, on the year−4.7%
Operating margin−0.4%
Equity of assets23.6%
Credibility57%
Track record11 of 14
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. against its own record and its peers
Operating marginPeer median 4.3%-0.4%Revenue, on the yearPeer median 4.7%-4.7%Equity of assetsPeer median 14.2%23.6%Return on equityPeer median 7.9%6.6%Payout of profitPeer median 41.2%73.1%Gold tick: the median of 16–31 peers with $50M+ revenue in retail-eating places
Handed back now, or kept to compound · of each dollar of profit
73.1% paid out26.9% keptHanded back per share$1Growth its own profit can fund1.8%managed -4.7% last year

Gold paid out, navy kept. Kept share × return on equity = the growth it can fund itself. Facts from the filings, not a recommendation.

Speed and cash · fiscal 2025

Cash Compass🐂 Steady earner · steady and paying a dividend, with average cash
Inside viewTurns 6.3% of revenue into operating cash; revenue growing 2.2% a year over three years; pays a dividend.
Outside viewAmong $1B-10B companies: 22nd percentile for cash, 38th for growth. cash growth

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Cash flow (op · inv · fin · free)$206M · −$34M · −$175M · $88M
Investment book (cash · short · long)$37M · — · — · current ratio 0.58
Revenue swing · equity of assets6.7% · 20.2%

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is growing slower than its size class, with steadier revenue. Its own audited SEC figures.

The figures, as filed

Fiscal year end2026-07-31
Revenue$3.3B
Revenue, on the year−4.7%
Revenue, a year over the record0.4%
Operating margin−0.4%
Operating margin, prior year1.6%
Net margin1.0%
Research and developmentnot filed separately
Total debt$337M
Equity of assets23.6%
Return on equity6.6%
Payout of profit73.1%
Dividend per share$1
Earnings per share$1.42
Book value per share$21.21
Revenue per share$147.20
Shares outstanding22,545,123
Audited years read5

Peers: the median of 31 filers with $50M+ revenue in retail-eating places.

Health HarborCracker Barrel Old Country Store sails as: Sound ship

Health watch · 12 monthsRestructuring or exit costsMaterial impairmentDirector or officer change ×3

Sailing speed follows growth: 2.2% a year crosses the harbor in 74 seconds.

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  • filed restructuring or exit costs, material impairment in the last 12 months

Boat condition = number of warning signs: a serious warning filing in 12 months; liabilities over assets; slow and jumpy; negative operating cash; an 80% revenue range of ±25% or wider. A picture of the signs, not a rating and not investment advice.

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