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SpartanNash Co (SpartanNash Co) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.53 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is SpartanNash Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

SpartanNash Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $51 Mil. SpartanNash Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $815 Mil. SpartanNash Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $191 Mil. SpartanNash Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.53.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for SpartanNash Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

SPTN' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -34.23   Med: 3.83   Max: 7.89
Current: 4.15

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of SpartanNash Co was 7.89. The lowest was -34.23. And the median was 3.83.

SPTN's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
74.8% of 254 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 2.675 vs SPTN: 4.15

SpartanNash Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for SpartanNash Co's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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SpartanNash Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

SpartanNash Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.89 4.19 3.51 4.81 4.15

SpartanNash Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.27 - 3.53 4.37 4.53

Competitive Comparison of SpartanNash Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Food Distribution subindustry, SpartanNash Co's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


SpartanNash Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, SpartanNash Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where SpartanNash Co's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



SpartanNash Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

SpartanNash Co's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(50.792 + 814.785) / 208.651
=4.15

SpartanNash Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(50.792 + 814.785) / 190.904
=4.53

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


SpartanNash Co  (NAS:SPTN) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


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SpartanNash Co (SpartanNash Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
850 76th Street SW, P.O. Box 8700, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, 49518-8700
SpartanNash Co is a food solutions company that delivers the ingredients for a better life. The company operates in two segments: Retail and Wholesale. The Company's Wholesale segment uses a multi-channel sales approach to distribute national brand and private brand products to independent retailers, national accounts, food service distributors, e-commerce providers, and the Company's corporate owned retail stores. Majority of the revenue is earned from wholesale segment.
Executives
Kerrie D. Macpherson director 5790 WIDEWATERS PARKWAY, C/O COMMUNITY BANK SYSTEM INC., DEWITT NY 13214
William R Voss director C/O SPARTANNASH, 850 76TH SW, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49518
Hawthorne L. Proctor director C/O SPARTANNASH, 850 76TH SW, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49518
Bennett John Morgan officer: SVP and Chief Mdsing Officer 850 76TH STREET SW, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49518
Matthew Mannelly director C/O SPARTANNASH, 850 76TH SW, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49518
Yvonne Trupiano officer: Sr. VP Chief HR Officer 850 76TH STREET SW, PO BOX 8700, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49518
Pamela Puryear director 253 DOLPHIN COVE QUAY, STAMFORD CT 06902
Julien Mininberg director ONE HELEN OF TROY PLAZA, EL PASO TX 79912
Jaymin B Patel director C/O GTECH HOLDINGS CORPORATION, 55 TECHNOLOGY WAY, WEST GREENWICH RI 02817
Frank Gambino director C/O 850 - 76TH STREET SW, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49518
Ileana Mcalary officer: SVP CLO and Secretary 850 76TH STREET SW, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49518
Kathleen M Mahoney officer: Exec VP Gen Counsel and Secy C/O SPARTANNASH, 850 76TH SW, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49518
Robert Todd Riksen officer: VP, Corporate Controller 850 76TH STREET SW, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49518
Masiar Tayebi officer: E.V.P., Chief Strategy Officer 850 76TH STREET SW, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49518
David J Petko officer: Senior VP Supply Chain 850 76TH STREET SW, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49518