GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Consumer Cyclical » Restaurants » Famous Brands Ltd (JSE:FBR) » Definitions » Financial Strength

Famous Brands (JSE:FBR) Financial Strength : 5 (As of Aug. 2023)


View and export this data going back to 1994. Start your Free Trial

What is Famous Brands Financial Strength?

Famous Brands has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Famous Brands's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was 4.49. Famous Brands's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was 0.20. As of today, Famous Brands's Altman Z-Score is 4.63.


Competitive Comparison of Famous Brands's Financial Strength

For the Restaurants subindustry, Famous Brands's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength 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.


Famous Brands's Financial Strength Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Famous Brands's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Famous Brands's Financial Strength falls into.



Famous Brands Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

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

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:

Famous Brands's Interest Expense for the months ended in Aug. 2023 was R-79 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Aug. 2023 was R356 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was R1,391 Mil.

Famous Brands's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Aug. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Aug. 2023 )
=-1*355.576/-79.264
=4.49

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Famous Brands's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Aug. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(206.107 + 1391.059) / 7879.058
=0.20

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Famous Brands has a Z-score of 4.63, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 4.63 is strong.

* 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.


Famous Brands  (JSE:FBR) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Famous Brands has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.


Famous Brands Financial Strength Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Famous Brands's Financial Strength provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


Famous Brands (JSE:FBR) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
478 James Crescent, P.O. Box 2884, Halfway House, Midrand, GT, ZAF, 1685
Famous Brands Ltd owns a portfolio of roughly 30 restaurant chains in Africa and the United Kingdom. Its biggest brands include Steers, Wimpy, Debonairs Pizza, Fishaways, Mr Biggs, and Mugg & Bean. Franchisees operate all of the company's restaurants. Most of the company's revenue comes from its supply chain segment, which is responsible for manufacturing restaurant items and delivering the products to the company's franchisees and other customers. More than three fourths of Famous Brands' restaurants are in South Africa.