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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBRL ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call September 19, 2024 11:00 AM ET Company Participants Adam Hanan - Director of IR Julie Masino - President and CEO Craig Pommells - SVP and CFO Conference Call Participants Brian Mullan - Piper Sandler Dennis Geiger - UBS Katherine Griffin - Bank of America Jake Bartlett - Truist Securities Andrew Wolf - CL King Jon Tower - Citigroup Operator Good day. And welcome to the Cracker Barrel Fiscal 2024 Fourth Quarter Conference Call.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.'s stock has seen volatile trading, with recent buys in the $60s and sells in the $70s, but now it's speculative. Despite a sales increase, revenue and earnings missed expectations; margins remain pressured, and the company faces ongoing inflation and debt challenges. Comparable store restaurant sales rose slightly, but retail sales fell; operating income and adjusted EBITDA also declined significantly.

One of America's best-known casual dining chains sees inflation continuing in the year ahead, with wages rising more than commodity prices.

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Cracker Barrel (CBRL) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended July 2024, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.98 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.17 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.79 per share a year ago.

The stock of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. was flat premarket Thursday, after the rustic-themed restaurant and retail chain's fiscal fourth-quarter earnings fell short of estimates.

The average of price targets set by Wall Street analysts indicates a potential upside of 31.3% in Cracker Barrel (CBRL). While the effectiveness of this highly sought-after metric is questionable, the positive trend in earnings estimate revisions might translate into an upside in the stock.

CBRL's fourth-quarter fiscal 2024 top line is likely to have been aided by menu innovation, higher menu pricing, expansion and other sales-building efforts.

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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. CBRL will release earnings results for its fourth quarter, before the opening bell on Thursday, Sept. 19.

Get a deeper insight into the potential performance of Cracker Barrel (CBRL) for the quarter ended July 2024 by going beyond Wall Street's top -and-bottom-line estimates and examining the estimates for some of its key metrics.

CNBC's Jim Cramer is eyeing the long-awaited interest rate decision from the Federal Reserve and earnings from restaurant chain companies Darden and Cracker Barrel. Investors are broadly expecting the central bank to issue a rate cut but are unsure whether it will be by 25 or 50 basis points.

Cracker Barrel (CBRL) possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

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