Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.
$1.67B- Market cap
- $1.22B
- Debt
- +$484.64M
- Cash
- −$39.64M
Capital structure 72% equity / 28% debt · EV / Revenue 0.48x · EV / EBITDA 6.98x
Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: CBRL stock price vs IP: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at IP's multiple
Needs IP P/E.
Implied fair value · at CBRL's multiple
Needs EPS (TTM) is negative, CBRL P/E.
Snapshot Sep 4, 4:00 PM ET
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth lag
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Multiple discount
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: CBRL FY 2025 (ended Aug 1, 2025) · IP FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025). Fiscal years are not aligned.
Trendline
11 fiscal years of revenue, earnings, and margins before underwriting a re-rating.
Price framework
Market cap plus debt, less cash.
Capital structure 72% equity / 28% debt · EV / Revenue 0.48x · EV / EBITDA 6.98x
Capital structure 67% equity / 33% debt · EV / Revenue 1.20x
IP carries the larger enterprise value at $28.41B against $1.67B; CBRL trades on the lower EV / Revenue multiple (0.48x vs 1.20x).
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY · implied price per share
Latest annual free cash flow must be positive to qualify the filing-backed baseline.
Balance sheet health
Financial health checks to separate durable balance sheets from potential value traps.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Not enough data to score either balance sheet.
Debt / equity
Total debt against shareholders' equity
1.05x
0.66x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
1.86x
-11.75x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$39.64M
$1.15B
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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