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SpartanNash Co (SpartanNash Co) Interest Coverage : 3.36 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is SpartanNash Co 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. SpartanNash Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $33 Mil. SpartanNash Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-10 Mil. SpartanNash Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.36. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

SPTN' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.07   Med: 5.31   Max: 8.36
Current: 2.99


SPTN's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
78.66% of 253 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 8.83 vs SPTN: 2.99

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


SpartanNash Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for SpartanNash Co'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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SpartanNash Co Interest Coverage Chart

SpartanNash Co 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 2.07 6.91 8.36 3.06 2.99

SpartanNash Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage 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 1.01 2.46 3.59 2.67 3.36

Competitive Comparison of SpartanNash Co's Interest Coverage

For the Food Distribution subindustry, SpartanNash Co'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.


SpartanNash Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where SpartanNash Co's Interest Coverage falls into.



SpartanNash Co 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.

SpartanNash Co'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, SpartanNash Co's Interest Expense was $-40 Mil. Its Operating Income was $119 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $815 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*119.318/-39.887
=2.99

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, SpartanNash Co's Interest Expense was $-10 Mil. Its Operating Income was $33 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $815 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*32.518/-9.669
=3.36

* 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.


SpartanNash Co  (NAS:SPTN) 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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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