Forensic Analysis · Retail / Consumer Discretionary · as of Aug 11, 2026

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc (CBRL)

A forensic read on Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

D · Weak — demands caution

Forensic grade

Distress

Financial health

0.7

Distress distance

Clean

Earnings quality

Forensic signals

49.2

P / E (ttm)

10.0%

ROE

$1.2B

Market cap

1.72%

Dividend yield

0.4%

Revenue growth

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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc earns a D (Weak — demands caution) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 0.7, placing it in the Distress zone. 3 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.

What the filings flag

3.0%

FY2025

Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is 3.0% in the latest fiscal year and slipping from 7% — well below its ~9% cost of capital, so reinvested dollars may be destroying value, not building it.

$5M

FY2024–FY2024

Goodwill impairments. Took $5M of goodwill writedowns across 1 year (FY2024 ($5M)) — about 11% of net income over the span. Writedowns mean past acquisitions underperformed what was paid for them.

-80%

FY2024→FY2025

Dividend — cut. The payout was CUT ~80% in FY2025 (from FY2024). It still returns some cash, but it is NOT the dependable, rising dividend an unbroken streak implies.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$3.48B

Revenue Growth YoY+0.4%

Revenue CAGR (3yr)+2.1%

Net Margin1.3%

Free Cash Flow$59.8M

Return on Equity10.0%

Debt / Equity1.05x

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Data from SEC EDGAR public filings · metrics as of Aug 11, 2026. Forensic signals flag probability, not certainty.