NASDAQ$CBRL

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. · Q2 2024 earnings

Q2 2024 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Cracker Barrel's financial performance remained pressured, but traffic trend improved due to investments in labor and advertising and focus on guest experience. Strategic transformation development continued to progress.

Cracker Barrel reported a slight increase in total revenue, driven by comparable store restaurant sales growth, while comparable store retail sales declined. Operating income and net income decreased compared to the prior year quarter due to higher labor and operating expenses. The company declared a quarterly dividend of $1.30 per share.

  • Total revenue increased by 0.2% to $935.4 million.
  • Comparable store restaurant sales increased by 1.2%, including menu pricing increases of 4.8%.
  • Comparable store retail sales decreased by 5.3%.
  • GAAP earnings per diluted share were $1.19, a 13.1% decrease compared to the prior year.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$935M

Previous: $934M+0.2%
EPS

$1.19

Previous: $1.48-19.6%
Comp Restaurant Sales Growth

1.2%

Previous: 8.4%-85.7%
Comp Retail Sales Growth

-5.3%

Previous: 4.1%-229.3%
Capital Expenditures

-$51.5M

Previous: -$48.9M-5.3%
Free Cash Flow

$10.4M

Previous: $51.9M-79.9%
Net Income

$26.5M

Previous: $30.5M-13.0%
Operating Income

$30.8M

Previous: $39M-21.1%
Gross Profit

$621M

Previous: $607M+2.2%
Cash & Equivalents

$12.6M

Previous: $49.4M-74.5%
Total Assets

$2.19B

Previous: $2.26B-3.2%
Stock-Based Comp

$4.63M

Previous: $2.69M+72.2%

Revenue & EPS history

Cracker Barrel · Revenue · Quarterly

$935M

Q2 2024+0.2%vs Q2 2023
Beat estimate in 10 of 16 quarters(63%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Cracker Barrel · $428M total across 2 segments · Q3 2020

  • Restaurant
    $356M-41.6%
  • Retail
    $72.2M-44.3%

Forward guidance

The Company provided an update to its fiscal 2024 outlook, reminding investors that its outlook reflects a number of assumptions, many of which are outside the Company’s control. Uncertainties created by macroeconomic conditions, such as ongoing inflation, low consumer confidence and high interest rates may adversely affect consumer behavior and cause actual results to differ materially from those expected.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 19 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q2 2024

Historical avgQ2 2024

-0.0%

Avg return

Earnings day

-1.4%

Avg return

5 days after

-2.5%

Avg return

30 days after

49%

33 / 68 earnings

Positive

+22.3%

Q3 2026

Best reaction

-15.0%

Q1 2023

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q3 2026+22.3%+19.5%
Q2 2026-1.2%-7.8%-5.6%
Q1 2026+3.7%-1.4%+11.1%
Q4 2025-7.6%-11.2%-20.1%
Q3 2025+6.0%+4.7%+15.7%
Q2 2025+7.6%+4.0%-7.6%
Q1 2025+7.8%+4.3%+13.2%
Q4 2024+0.0%+4.2%+21.4%
Q3 2024+7.5%+12.8%-7.1%
Q2 2024-8.3%-8.3%+0.6%
Q1 2024-3.7%-6.0%+2.6%
Q4 2023-4.9%-6.5%-8.8%
Q3 2023-2.4%-6.3%-6.5%
Q2 2023+2.8%+1.9%+4.3%
Q1 2023-15.0%-15.8%-16.6%
Q4 2022-1.4%-5.3%+14.0%
Q3 2022-6.4%-8.1%-13.7%
Q2 2022-3.1%+2.2%-9.5%
Q1 2022-7.5%-10.3%-10.4%
Q4 2021+0.2%+4.3%-5.7%
Q3 2021-0.6%-2.0%-5.5%
Q2 2021+0.2%-2.0%+6.3%
Q1 2021-0.4%-6.1%-6.9%
Q4 2020-9.5%-14.4%-13.1%
Q3 2020+10.3%+20.4%-1.6%
Q2 2020-5.8%-13.7%-48.6%
Q1 2020-3.6%-2.4%-1.6%
Q4 2019+0.4%+0.8%-6.1%
Q3 2019+3.3%+1.6%+7.4%
Q2 2019-4.3%-4.7%-4.5%
Q1 2019+3.5%+3.3%-8.1%
Q4 2018-3.9%-2.9%+2.9%
Q3 2018+0.0%+0.7%+3.5%
Q2 2018-8.8%-7.1%-9.0%
Q1 2018-5.9%-6.3%+5.5%
Q4 2017+0.4%-0.9%+1.9%
Q3 2017+1.8%+2.3%+1.4%
Q2 2017-5.2%-4.2%-7.4%
Q1 2017+7.4%+6.6%+10.4%
Q4 2016-6.9%-6.9%-11.3%
Q3 2016+10.6%+11.7%+12.0%
Q2 2016+3.9%
Q1 2016-5.7%
Q4 2015-3.1%
Q3 2015+5.0%
Q2 2015+11.4%
Q1 2015+3.8%
Q4 2014+0.6%
Q3 2014-1.3%
Q2 2014-1.4%
Q1 2014-7.9%
Q4 2013-2.8%
Q3 2013+7.3%
Q2 2013+12.7%
Q1 2013-5.6%
Q4 2012+3.3%
Q3 2012+0.2%
Q2 2012+1.1%
Q1 2012-3.7%
Q4 2009-1.6%
Q4 2011-1.6%
Q3 2010-1.7%
Q3 2011-1.7%
Q2 2011-1.7%
Q2 2010+2.3%
Q1 2010+2.3%
Q4 2010+2.3%
Q1 2011+2.3%

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