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

Company Overview

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. operates full-service restaurants combined with country-themed retail stores under the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store brand. Its restaurants serve Southern-inspired comfort food, including breakfast items, lunch and dinner entrées, biscuits, desserts and beverages. The retail stores offer home décor, apparel, gifts, seasonal merchandise, toys and other products with a traditional country and Americana theme.

Founded in 1969 by Dan Evins, Cracker Barrel opened its first location in Lebanon, Tennessee. The company’s restaurants are designed to reflect an old-fashioned country-store setting and commonly feature rocking chairs, a fireplace and displays of American memorabilia. In addition to dining and in-store retail, the company sells selected merchandise and food products through its e-commerce operations.

Cracker Barrel operates locations across the United States, primarily along interstate highways and in communities serving travelers and local customers. Julie Felss Masino serves as the company’s president and chief executive officer. The company also owns the Maple Street Biscuit Company brand, which operates fast-casual restaurants offering biscuit sandwiches and other breakfast and lunch items.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $63.00 to $67.58
• 50-Day Range: $43.22 to $67.41
• 52-Week Range: $24.85 to $67.58
• Volume: 1.40 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.14 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.51 billion
• P/E Ratio: 48.15
• Dividend Yield: 1.48%
• Price Target: $50.86
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store scored higher than 77% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 194th out of 482 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and 3 sell ratings.

Downside Risk

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a consensus price target of $50.86, representing about 24.6% downside from its current price of $67.41.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 21.79%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store are expected to grow by 21.79% in the coming year, from $1.56 to $1.90 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is 48.15, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 36.34.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is 48.15, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 43.27.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a PEG Ratio of 1.49. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a P/B Ratio of 3.15. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

23.99% of the float of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.79, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has recently decreased by 7.06%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store pays a meaningful dividend of 1.59%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is 71.43%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store will have a dividend payout ratio of 52.63% next year. This indicates that Cracker Barrel Old Country Store will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.80

News Sentiment

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a news sentiment score of 0.80. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.57 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 15 news articles for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

42 people have searched for CBRL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 24% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

4 people have added Cracker Barrel Old Country Store to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $182,280.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.30% of the stock of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

96.01% of the stock of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 8/12 Dividend: 7/17/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/12 Dividend: 7/17/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/12/2026
• Last Earnings: 9/23/2026
• Today: 10/16/2026
• Record date for 11/12 Dividend: 10/16/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 11/12 Dividend: 10/16/2026
• Dividend Payable: 11/12/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 12/08/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 7/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
• Sub-Industry: Restaurants
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:CBRL
• CIK: 1067294
• Web: www.crackerbarrel.com
• Phone: (615) 444-5533
• Fax: 615-443-9818
• Employees: 74,500
• Year Founded: 1969

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store: $50.86
• High Price Target: $60.00
• Low Price Target: $44.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -24.6%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 12 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.40
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 48.15
• Forward P/E Ratio: 43.21
• P/E Growth: 1.49
• Net Income: $31.67 million
• Net Margins: 0.95%
• Pretax Margin: 0.62%
• Return on Equity: 4.01%
• Return on Assets: 0.86%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.71
• Current Ratio: 0.58
• Quick Ratio: 0.24

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.32 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.45
• Cash Flow: $7.52 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.96
• Book Value: $21.40 per share
• Price / Book: 3.15

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 22,350,000
• Free Float: 22,061,000
• Market Cap: $1.51 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.21