Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL) Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" CBRL shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CBRL, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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8 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's stock. Their CBRL share price forecasts range from $66.00 to $126.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $90.44 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 37.3% from the stock's current price.
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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's stock was trading at $94.74 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, CBRL stock has decreased by 30.5% and is now trading at $65.89.
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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,020,000 shares, an increase of 20.2% from the August 31st total of 1,680,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 543,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.7 days. Currently, 9.3% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, December 1st 2023.
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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBRL) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, September, 13th. The restaurant operator reported $1.79 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.68 by $0.11. The restaurant operator had revenue of $836.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $841.59 million. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 25.24% and a net margin of 2.88%. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's quarterly revenue was up .8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.57 earnings per share.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 29th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 20th will be paid a dividend of $1.30 per share on Tuesday, November 7th. This represents a $5.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 7.89%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 19th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (NASDAQ:CBRL) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P SmallCap Consumer Discretionary ETF (PSCD), WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DGRS), WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Fund (DES) and Avantis U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF (AVSC).SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap ETF (SLY).

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (NASDAQ:CBRL) pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 7.74%. CBRL has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 116.85%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, CBRL will have a dividend payout ratio of 82.02% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase plan on Tuesday, June 7th 2022, which permits the company to buyback $200,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 9.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store issued an update on its first quarter 2024 earnings guidance on Wednesday, September, 13th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $800.00 million-$850.00 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $848.54 million.

1,243 employees have rated Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Chief Executive Officer Sandra B. Cochran on Glassdoor.com. Sandra B. Cochran has an approval rating of 71% among the company's employees.

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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CBRL."

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One share of CBRL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $65.89.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (NASDAQ:CBRL) has a market capitalization of $1.46 billion and generates $3.44 billion in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $99.05 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.45 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 77,000 workers across the globe.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's mailing address is 305 HARTMANN DRIVE, LEBANON TN, 37087. The official website for the company is www.crackerbarrel.com. The restaurant operator can be reached via phone at (615) 444-5533 or via fax at 615-443-9818.