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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-117657"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CBRL"
cik: "0001067294"
company_name: "CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC"
filed_at: "2021-09-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T02:12:52.641155+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cracker Barrel Q4 FY21 rev $784.4M; board restores quarterly dividend to $1.30, authorizes $100M buyback

## Summary
- Q4 total revenue $784.4M, flat vs FY19; comp restaurant sales -6.8%, retail +18.2%.
- GAAP diluted EPS $1.53; adjusted diluted EPS $2.25.
- Board declares $1.30 quarterly dividend (pre-pandemic level), payable Nov 9, 2021 to holders of record Oct 22.
- Board authorizes share repurchases of up to $100M of outstanding common stock.
- FY2022: no annual guidance; expects mid-to-high single digit inflation, capex ~$120M, 3 new Cracker Barrel and 15 new Maple Street locations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-117657
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CBRL
- cik: 0001067294
- company_name: CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC
- filed_at: 2021-09-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067294/000110465921117657/0001104659-21-117657-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067294/000110465921117657/tm2128040d1_8k.htm

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