---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-142815"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CBRL"
cik: "0001067294"
company_name: "CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC"
filed_at: "2021-11-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T05:39:40.892532+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cracker Barrel Q1 FY2022: comp sales up vs pre-pandemic; adj EPS $1.52; $1.30 dividend

## Summary
- Comparable store restaurant sales up 1.4% vs Q1 FY2019; retail sales up 17.6% vs FY2019.
- GAAP net income $33.4M ($1.41 diluted EPS) vs $170.7M ($7.18); adj EPS $1.52 vs $0.69.
- Adjusted operating income $46.1M (5.9% rev) vs $27.7M (4.3%); EBITDA $71.9M (9.2% rev).
- Quarterly dividend declared $1.30/share, payable Feb 1, 2022 to record Jan 14, 2022.
- Outlook: Q2 comp sales growth vs FY19 higher than Q1; FY22 capex ~$120M; no annual EPS guidance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-142815
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CBRL
- cik: 0001067294
- company_name: CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC
- filed_at: 2021-11-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067294/000110465921142815/0001104659-21-142815-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067294/000110465921142815/tm2133723d1_8k.htm

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