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Cracker Barrel OLD Country Store, Inc. CBRL

17 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only

Revenue

$3.5B

▲ 0.4% YoY

Net income

$46.4M

▲ 13.3% YoY

Free cash flow

$59.8M

▲ 46.9% YoY

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.

In brief

What this company does

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. is principally engaged in the operation and development of the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store concept. As of September 12, 2025, it operated 657 Cracker Barrel stores in 43 states and 68 Maple Street Biscuit Company stores in 10 states. As of August 1, 2025, it employed approximately 76,730 people, of whom 364 were in advisory and supervisory capacities, 3,446 were in-store management positions, and 45 were officers. Its restaurants, which generated approximately 81% of its total revenue in 2025, offer home-style country cooking featuring many of its own recipes. Its gift shops feature a variety of items inspired by its restaurant menu, such as pies, cornbread mix, coffee, syrups, and pancake mix, as well as a selection of decorative and functional items, including rocking chairs, seasonal gifts, apparel, toys, and cookware. Originally founded in 1969, it is headquartered in Lebanon, Tennessee, and organized under the laws of the State of Tennessee.

Written from the business description in Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 26 September 2025. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth

USD 3.5B

Revenue, FY2025 · full 17-year series below

Revenue $B Net income $B

FY2025 · Revenue 3.5 · Net income 0.0

2B3B

2009201220152018202120242025

Compound annual growth

Revenue

+2.2%

+6.7%

+2.1%

+2.5%

Net income

−29.4%

−11.9%

−4.0%

EPS, diluted

−28.6%

−11.3%

−3.7%

Dividend / share

−42.3%

−23.8%

−17.8%

+1.5%

Returned to shareholders

−54.6%

−31.2%

−13.3%

−8.0%

3 yrs

5 yrs

10 yrs

15 yrs

Revenue compounded at +6.7% a year over the five years to FY2025.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability

1 cents

of every revenue dollar became profit

Operating margin Net margin

FY2025 · Operating 1.6% · Net 1.3%

5%10%

200920172025

ROE

FY2025 · ROE 10.3%

20%40%-2%-4%-6%

200920172025

Three returns, three denominators.

Return on equity10.3%

Return on assets2.1%

Return on capital employed3.4%

Gross margin69.0%

Operating margin1.6%

Net margin1.3%

EBITDAUSD 177.3M

Each USD of equity produced 10 cents of profit this year.

Cash & shareholders

USD 23.1M

returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks

Free cash flow $M

FY2025 · FCF 59.8

100M200M-50M-100M

200920172025

Net buybacks $M Dividends $M

FY2025 · Dividends 23.1 · Net buybacks ·

100M200MDividendsNet buybacks

200920112013201520172019202120232025

Dividends paidUSD 23.1M

Net buybacks·

Share of profit49.8%

Consecutive raises·

USD 23.1M in dividends — 50% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.

Total assetsUSD 2.2B

EquityUSD 461.7M

CashUSD 39.6M

Gross debtUSD 484.6M

Net debtUSD 445.0M

Current ratio0.50×

Net debt stands at 96% of equity.

The 17-year record

17 fiscal years

Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD

row low → row highnegative—not applicable◌not available in our data

CBRL, 17-year financial record
Metric	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009
Revenue $B	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.3	2.8	2.5	3.1	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.4	2.4	2.4
Operating income $B	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1
EBITDA $B	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2
Income tax $B	−0.0	−0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	−0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	◌
Net income $B	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.3	−0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Free cash flow $B	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	−0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
EPS, diluted $	2.06	1.83	4.45	5.67	10.71	−1.36	9.27	10.29	8.37	7.86	6.82	5.51	4.90	4.40	3.61	3.62	2.89
Dividend / sh $	1.00	4.15	5.20	5.20	1.00	3.90	8.05	8.60	8.15	7.70	7.10	3.25	2.25	1.15	0.88	0.80	0.80
Payout %	50	284	117	87	12	−291	87	84	98	135	58	54	39	22	23	22	27
ROE %	10.3	8.9	19.9	22.4	47.0	−6.3	37.7	44.0	37.7	35.6	30.7	26.1	27.1	31.7	37.1	52.1	48.6
Shares out B	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	◌

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Provenance

Company facts, as filed

How we verify · 0 failures in 72 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 17 of the 17 fiscal years we could check. Six checks were skipped: the balance sheet is not tagged before 2010. Two checks were skipped: EPS is not tagged before 2009. Two checks were skipped: revenue is not tagged before 2009.

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ActivityRetail-Eating Places

Listed onNASDAQ

Incorporated inTennessee

Fiscal year endsJuly 31

Data on record since2009

Cracker Barrel OLD Country Store, Inc. CBRL

What this company does

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The 17-year record

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