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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. develops and operates the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store concept in the United States. Its Cracker Barrel stores consist of restaurants with a gift shop. The company’s restaurants serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner, as well as dine-in, pick-up, and delivery services.
Detailed revenue, brand and relationship research has not yet been completed for CBRL.
Wall Street Score
Overall investment score · Quality, value, risk and opportunity
24
Poor
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Company Quality
How good is the actual business—regardless of today’s stock price?
34
Poor
Financial Strength
64
Business Quality / Moat
9
Management
20
Growth Quality
21
Risk / Durability
52
Weak Company · Expensive Stock
Uses financial strength, moat, management, growth quality and durability. It excludes share price, P/E, market cap, intrinsic value and margin of safety.
Opportunity
Opportunity Score · How does the current price compare with estimated value?
26
Avoid
Based on current valuation, company quality, recent trends, and available market signals.
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Model Outlook
12-month model · What does the model think happens next?
30/100
Building Historical Record
Model Score 30/100 — estimates relative performance potential, distinct from WallStreetScore (company quality).
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WSS View
The quick read
WSS currently sees meaningful weaknesses in the company-strength profile.
At today’s price, the WSS valuation framework currently reads as less attractive based on the available valuation and market data.
The model outlook is currently cautious.
What we like
•Balance-sheet / debt profile scores strongly
•Recent buyback activity is present
What to watch
•Debt service risk
•Valuation is a weaker part of the current profile
•Revenue fundamentals are weak
•Asset quality is a weaker factor
Company-specific research
Questions worth answering for CBRL
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These questions are generated from this company's current financial and score data so the page adds context instead of treating the headline score as a stand-alone conclusion.
•Can CBRL maintain its current revenue growth rate and improve the amount of that revenue that turns into earnings and cash?
•Is CBRL's positive free cash flow repeatable, or is the current level being helped by temporary working-capital or spending changes?
•Is CBRL's debt load manageable relative to cash generation, interest costs and upcoming maturities?
•What future growth or profitability would be needed to justify CBRL's current valuation?
Two different market-behavior signals. Momentum measures direction and trend strength. Volatility measures how large and unstable the price moves are, regardless of direction.
A high momentum score means price has been trending upward with confirming short- and medium-term strength. A low score means downward or weakening momentum.
Volatility = How violently is it moving?
A high volatility score means larger, less stable price swings. It can happen while a stock is rising or falling, so high volatility is not automatically bullish or bearish.
Important: the volatility score above is based on realized price volatility. Implied volatility (IV) comes from options prices and represents the market's expected future movement. Wall Street Score will keep IV separate and will only display it when a verified options-chain feed is available.
Notices for CBRL
Detected from reported data — verify before acting.
Dividend history reported
Dividend payments are recorded. Review the dates and regular/special classification below; past payments do not guarantee future dividends.
Historical repurchase activity
Reported cash flows or share-count measures indicate past repurchase activity. This does not verify an active buyback authorization or future purchases.
Debt service risk
Interest coverage is low (~-0.1x). Earnings may be strained to cover interest expense.
Community Sentiment
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What the Bulls Say
+Product opportunity: Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. develops and operates the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store concept in the United States. Its Cracker Barrel stores consist of restaurants with a gift shop. The company’s restaurants serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner, as well as dine-in, pick-up, and delivery services. Its gift shops offer various decorative and functional items, such as rocking chairs, seasonal gifts, apparel, toys, food, cookware, and various other gift items, as well as various candies.
+Positive free cash flow may provide capacity to invest in growth.
What the Bears Say
No strong bearish data point is currently available.
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Scores
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Wall Street Score
Very Weak24/ 100
Weak (0–50)Fair (51–71)Strong (72+)
Debt
Strong
84
Debt Cost1.4%
Debt Reduction YoY12.2%
Debt / Equity2.17x
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Revenue
Poor
23
Revenue YoY0.0%
Revenue CAGR-2.2%
Net Margin1.0%
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Asset
Weak
42
Asset Growth YoY-6.5%
Liquidation/Share$21.21
Net Assets/MCap0.84x
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Capital
Poor
20
Earnings Yield2.7%
Buyback Yield0.4%
Debt Cost1.4%
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Management
Poor
20
ROIC-0.1%
ROE6.6%
ROA1.6%
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Moat
Poor
9
EPS Growth-27.1%
FCF/Share Growth1.8%
Rev/Share Growth0.3%
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Valuation
Poor
10
Intrinsic Value$12.13
Value Reference$7.28
MOS-3.6%
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Buffett
Poor
37
Revenue23
Moat9
Valuation10
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MOS
Poor
0
MOS %-3.6%
Value Reference$7.28
Deep Discount Reference$4.85
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Financial
Poor
33
Interest Coverage-0.1x
ROIC-0.1%
FCF Yield7.7%
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Master
Poor
22
Financial33
Valuation10
Debt84
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Resilience
Poor
17
Survival Years0.4 yrs
Current Ratio0.58x
FCF Margin0.0%
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Score Changes
8 historical score records available
Previous Score
25
Sep 25, 2026
Change
-0.3
points
Current Score
24
Oct 1, 2026
Category Changes
Revenue0
Debt-1.6
Assets-1.7
Capital+1.0
Management0
Moat+0.2
Valuation0
Buffett-0.6
CBRL decreased 0.3 points because some fundamentals weakened.
Projected Score
Projected Score
30
Projected Change
+5.8%
Preliminary comparable-period financial changes suggest improvement of approximately 5.8 points. This is a projected estimate, not the official WallStreetScore.