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BJ's Restaurants (BJ's Restaurants) Interest Coverage : 4.03 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is BJ's Restaurants Interest Coverage?

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. BJ's Restaurants's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $7 Mil. BJ's Restaurants's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-2 Mil. BJ's Restaurants's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.03. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for BJ's Restaurants's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

BJRI' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.25   Med: 12.12   Max: 167.31
Current: 4.45


BJRI's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
62.02% of 258 companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 6.76 vs BJRI: 4.45

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


BJ's Restaurants Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for BJ's Restaurants's Interest Coverage 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.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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BJ's Restaurants Interest Coverage Chart

BJ's Restaurants Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 11.49 - - 0.25 4.45

BJ's Restaurants Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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Competitive Comparison of BJ's Restaurants's Interest Coverage

For the Restaurants subindustry, BJ's Restaurants's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage 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.


BJ's Restaurants's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, BJ's Restaurants's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where BJ's Restaurants's Interest Coverage falls into.



BJ's Restaurants Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

BJ's Restaurants's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, BJ's Restaurants's Interest Expense was $-5 Mil. Its Operating Income was $22 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $482 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*21.884/-4.915
=4.45

BJ's Restaurants's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, BJ's Restaurants's Interest Expense was $-2 Mil. Its Operating Income was $7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $482 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*6.737/-1.673
=4.03

* 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.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


BJ's Restaurants  (NAS:BJRI) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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BJ's Restaurants (BJ's Restaurants) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
7755 Center Avenue, Suite 300, Huntington Beach, CA, USA, 92647
BJ's Restaurants Inc is involved in the business of owning and operating restaurants. The company operates in one operating segment that is casual dining company-owned restaurants. It has geographic presence only in the United States of America.
Executives
Greg Trojan director, officer: President ONE ICON, FOOTHILL RANCH CA 92610
Lea Anne Ottinger director C/O BARE ESCENTUALS, INC., 71 STEVENSON STREET, 22ND FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Peter A Bassi director 3111 W ALLEGHENY AVE, PHILADELPHIA PA 19132
Pozzo James Dal director 16161 BEACH BLVD, STE 100, HUNTINGTON BEACH CA 92647
Kendra D Miller officer: Sr. VP & General Counsel 7755 CENTER AVENUE, SUITE 300, HUNTINGTON BEACH CA 92647
Gregory Levin officer: Chief Financial Officer
Brian S Krakower officer: Chief Information Officer 7755 CENTER AVENUE, SUITE 300, HUNTINGTON BEACH CA 92647
Heidi Rogers officer: Sr VP-Marketing 7755 CENTER AVE., STE 300, HUNTINGTON BEACH CA 92647
Putnam Shin officer: Chief Growth & Innovation 7755 CENTER AVE., STE 300, HUNTINGTON BEACH CA 92647
Christopher P Pinsak officer: Sr. Regional VP, Operations 7755 CENTER AVENUE, SUITE 300, HUNTINGTON BEACH CA 92614
Amy B Krallman officer: EVY & Chief People Officer US AUTO PARTS NETWORK, INC., 17150 MARGAY AVENUE, CARSON CA 90746
Julius Robinson director 10400 FERNWOOD RD, BETHESDA MD 20817
Thomas Houdek officer: CFO 7755 CENTER AVE., STE 300, HUNTINGTON BEACH CA 92647
Larry D Bouts director
Alex Puchner officer: Sr. Vice President Brewing Ops 16161 BEACH BLVD, STE 100, HUNTINGTON BEACH CA 92647