Cracker Barrel Posts 395% Earnings Surprise as General Mills and KB Home Also Beat

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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store posted a positive earnings surprise of 395% in its fiscal Q4 report, sending shares up 6.8% in early trading and adding to a 79% gain year to date. General Mills beat expectations on both top and bottom lines, with earnings of $0.75 per share topping the Zacks consensus by 3 cents on revenues of $4.39 billion, 1.04% above estimates, though its shares traded flat and remain down 23.8% in 2026. KB Home surpassed forecasts with earnings of $1.05 per share on $1.3 billion in revenues, ahead of expectations for $0.88 per share and $1.29 billion in sales, but shares fell 3% as the homebuilder warned of headwinds in the present quarter including higher mortgage rates. Pre-market indices slipped, with the Dow down 174 points, the Nasdaq down 94, the S&P 500 down 11 and the Russell 2000 down 17, while WTI crude sat at $90 per barrel and Brent at $100 per barrel and the 10-year yield held at 4.99%. Fed Governor Michael Barr is set to speak on housing affordability at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and flash S&P Manufacturing and Services PMI for September are due after the open, with Manufacturing expected at 53.5 and Services at 55.7.

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Consumer Discretionary▲ · 2 stocks
KB Home
KBH
± MixedCapitalrelevance

KB Home beat on EPS and revenue but warned of present-quarter headwinds from higher mortgage rates, sending shares down 3%.

Consumer Staples▲ · 1 stocks
General Mills Inc
GIS
▲ PositiveCapitalrelevance

General Mills beat expectations on both top and bottom lines with $0.75 EPS and $4.39B revenue.

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