of cracker barrel run.a tough day, i've been recommending this stock as a turnaround play since last summer. and after a volatile stretch, the company just reported a tremendous quarter. the clean top and bottom line beat, with management raising their full year forecast. not cutting like so many others, hence why the stock jumped 7.57 today. that's a huge gain in a bad day. that said, the stock is still down over 33% from its january highs. so could this be the buying opportunity now? the turnaround has arrived. let's check in with julie messina. she's the president and ceo of cracker barrel old country stores to find out. welcome back to mad money. >> thanks for having me, jim. >> it's great to be here. >> well, it's happening, julie, the turnaround is happening as you predicted. and i want to give you the floor to ask you how you got these unbelievable numbers. >> oh. >> gosh, you're so kind. >> but honestly. >> it's all the great hard work. >> by the team. >> they are working. >> so hard every day. >> t

i think cracker barrel is a buy.ember though, this is a turnaround story, which makes it a lot more risky than either brinker or texas roadhouse. but the bottom line when you look at these three casual dining plays, their stocks are big from their highs. i think they're absolutely worth buying, even if the economy is truly headed for a nasty slowdown. these chains offer the consumer great value, and that's exactly what the consumer wants at this moment. mad money is back after the break. >> coming up is the downturn in powell industries a sign of the times or a warning sign for underlying weakness? cramer's eyeing the recent moves in the stock next. >> brian sullivan joins kelly evans power lunch weekdays at two eastern. cnbc. >> join the club and start your investing day before the opening bell with specific strategies for members only. >> by joining. >> the club, it gave me access to that. >> knowledge from jim that. >> gave me more confidence in my investing decisions. >> it's very helpful. >> it's information tha

when i was 210 pounds, i feasted on and the answer is cracker barrel. cracker barrel. it's the only one where they got up today. only one. so everyone. >> shillington stores. >> wasn't bad. oh, yeah, that's pipe rack. okay, i'm talking about just of the of the companies i look at that were startling. burlington. burlington never misses. it's an amazing company. i that what. >> we're looking at marvell which. >> is getting which is. >> getting slammed. >> what i thought that was great stuff. nevermind. that was good. i have good i just. >> moving on from. >> ice cream and. >> the line from marvell that dropped tell me. >> read it to me. >> so matt, who am i? matt murphy, who is so great. i've had on multiple times he go, he basically saying, how am i getting hit here? and because he sees the stock going down and he goes, all right. there were some i assumptions that were made. and what he really was saying was, okay, imagine a world where the sequential growth is not enough. you've got 25% growth q2 to q3, you have 25% q3 to q4, and you have double digit growth q4 to q1

cracker barrel said its now looking for supply alternatives and working with vendors to absorb some ofosts from the tariffs now that have been slapped on chinese imports. got to look at mongo plummeting to the bottom of the nasdaq down nearly 26%. the software provider reported a fourth quarter beat but once again, overshadowed by lackluster full year guidance. forecast fiscal year 2026 revenue of $2.28 billion at the top end. the street was looking fo for 2.32 billion. so they missed right? that estimate implies 12.7% year-over-year revenue growth which be the slowest rate since the company went public back in 2017. the ceo said its outlook was due to an assumption its products outside of its most popular cloud data base service atlas would decline in the high san single-digits year-over-year but they expect atlas to continue to be the money maker as it produced 71% of revenue in the fourth quarter showing 24% year-over-year growth. all right, i'm keeping that eye in o the nasdaq here. it's down 463. the s&p though, that has been struggling this week. it's a broader indicator of all o

i'm glad to see that hawley took you to a cracker barrel. >> i always thought he was more of a whole foods type guy. [laughter] >> i can only say that his description was accurate. it was chicken fried steak. >> i'm glad to see his taste is getting better. >> i can't think of a hypothetical as i sit here, however, i am aware that there was a line of cases holding that -- >> i am too. is there any way that a legislative body can pass legislation classifying people on the basis of race and pass through scrutiny? >> i can't imagine as i sit here, senator. >> how does doctrine of equal protection apply to the federal government? i know the 14th amendment says that the states can't deny people equal protection of the law. how does it apply? >> you agree with the process? >> i have criticized that doctrine and in of the legal briefs that i've filed that i disclosed to the committee. >> without it how would we have equal protections? >> you think they got the methodology wrong? >> you asked about the substantive due process doctrine, first incorporation is different than that. as i sit here

i'm glad to see that holly took you to a cracker barrel for lunch. >> yes, senator. if you're familiar with the area, it is columbia missouri. >> i always thought of him as a more whole foods type of guy. >> i can only say his description of it was accurate. it was chicken fried steak. >> i'm glad to see his taste is getting better. give me an example of an instance where a legislative body could pass a statute discriminating on the basis of race, which of course is a suspect classification that could pass the strict scrutiny test. >> i can't think of a hypothetical as i sit here. however, i'm aware there is a line of cases holding that. >> i am, too. but is there any way a legislative body can pass legislation classifying people on the basis of race -- >> i can't imagine a scenario as i said. >> how does the doctrine of equal protection apply to the federal government? i know the 14th amendment says the states can't deny our people equal protection of the law, but i don't see anything in the constitution about the federal government and equal protection. not in the

went to john and this may say something about my recruiting habits, i said, we sat down at a cracker barrel over chicken fried steak is that jim, john, you have the ability and record to be solicitor general of the united states. would you at least consider coming. to my great delight and i think to the great benefit he said yes also my first assistant in the office overseeing all of my criminal and civil litigation including record numbers of predictions in the win rate in the appellate court. he has changed multiple times of course the missouri courts and handled all of that with the greatest. he went on to observe for noble or of years. now my good friend in college will say more about that in just a minute. here is an opportunity. which of the attorney general on this dais was your favorite and why is it me? >> be thinking on that. he has served his state with the greatest of distinctions. he has served his country with the greatest of distinctions. i do not know a better lawyer in private practice federal prosecutor, name it. i do not know a better lawyer in this country than john saue