---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-119675"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CBRL"
cik: "0001067294"
company_name: "CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC"
filed_at: "2025-12-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T13:44:29.364701+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cracker Barrel Q1 net loss $24.6M; slashes FY2026 revenue and EBITDA guidance

## Summary
- Revenue $797.2M (-5.7% YoY); comparable restaurant sales -4.7%, retail -8.5%.
- GAAP diluted EPS -$1.10; adjusted EPS -$0.74; net loss $24.6M vs prior year profit.
- Adjusted EBITDA $7.2M, down from $45.8M in prior year quarter.
- FY2026 outlook cut: revenue $3.2-3.3B (prev $3.35-3.45B), EBITDA $70-110M (prev $150-190M).
- Board declares $0.25 quarterly dividend payable Feb 11, 2026 to holders of record Jan 16.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-119675
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CBRL
- cik: 0001067294
- company_name: CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC
- filed_at: 2025-12-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067294/000110465925119675/0001104659-25-119675-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067294/000110465925119675/tm2532620d1_8k.htm

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