Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.
$1.63B- Market cap
- $1.19B
- Debt
- +$484.64M
- Cash
- −$39.64M
Capital structure 71% equity / 29% debt · EV / Revenue 0.47x · EV / EBITDA 6.83x
Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: CBRL stock price at premium vs NJR $53.16 current versus $33.52 implied using P/E multiple.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at NJR's multiple
Implied fair value · at CBRL's multiple
Snapshot Sep 8, 2026, 3:36 PM ET
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth lag
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Multiple discount
Expensive
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: CBRL FY 2025 (ended Aug 1, 2025) · NJR FY 2025 (ended Sep 30, 2025). Fiscal years are not aligned.
Trendline
Ten fiscal years of revenue, earnings, and margins before underwriting a re-rating.
Price framework
Market cap plus debt, less cash.
Capital structure 71% equity / 29% debt · EV / Revenue 0.47x · EV / EBITDA 6.83x
Capital structure 61% equity / 39% debt · EV / Revenue 6.62x · EV / EBITDA 15.89x
NJR carries the larger enterprise value at $8.94B against $1.63B; CBRL trades on the lower EV / Revenue multiple (0.47x vs 6.62x); CBRL on the lower EV / EBITDA (6.83x vs 15.89x).
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.
NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION · implied price per share
Five annual free-cash-flow observations are required for 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
1.44x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
1.86x
6.12x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$39.64M
$591.00K
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
$484.64M
$3.45B
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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