secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC (CBRL)
CIK:        0001067294
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-23T11:29:50+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-109812
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Cracker Barrel Q4 adj EPS $0.99 vs $0.74; FY27 comps guide +3-5%
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- Q4 revenue $849.3M (-2.2% YoY); comp restaurant sales -2.1%, retail +0.7%.
- Q4 adj EPS $0.99 vs $0.74; adj EBITDA $62.1M (incl. $9.1M tariff refund); GAAP EPS $0.54.
- Divested MSBC (July 20) and sale-leaseback of 26 stores for ~$77M net proceeds; debt down to $337.2M from $484.6M.
- David Deno named CEO effective Aug 10, 2026.
- FY27 outlook: rev $3.325-3.4B, comp +3-5%, adj EBITDA $180-200M; dividend $0.25 payable Nov 12.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067294/000110465926109812/0001104659-26-109812-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067294/000110465926109812/tm2625926d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-109812

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