Nathan's Famous (Nathan's Famous) Cash-to-Debt : 0.25 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Nathan's Famous Cash-to-Debt?

Cash to Debt Ratio measures the financial strength of a company. It is calculated as a company's cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities divide by its debt. Nathan's Famous's cash to debt ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.25.

If Cash to Debt ratio is less than 1, the company cannot pay off its debt using the cash in hand. Here we can see, Nathan's Famous couldn't pay off its debt using the cash in hand for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023.

The historical rank and industry rank for Nathan's Famous's Cash-to-Debt or its related term are showing as below:

NATH' s Cash-to-Debt Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.25 Med: 0.46 Max: No Debt
Current: 0.25

During the past 13 years, Nathan's Famous's highest Cash to Debt Ratio was No Debt. The lowest was 0.25. And the median was 0.46.

NATH's Cash-to-Debt is ranked worse than
61.29% of 341 companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 0.4 vs NATH: 0.25

Nathan's Famous Cash-to-Debt Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nathan's Famous's Cash-to-Debt 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: An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no 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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Nathan's Famous Cash-to-Debt Chart

Nathan's Famous Annual Data

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Mar20

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Mar23

Cash-to-Debt

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0.52

0.49

0.52

0.43

0.35

Nathan's Famous Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Cash-to-Debt	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.48	0.35	0.37	0.43	0.25

Competitive Comparison of Nathan's Famous's Cash-to-Debt

For the Restaurants subindustry, Nathan's Famous's Cash-to-Debt, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash-to-Debt 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.

Nathan's Famous's Cash-to-Debt Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Nathan's Famous's Cash-to-Debt distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Nathan's Famous's Cash-to-Debt falls into.

Nathan's Famous Cash-to-Debt Calculation

This is the ratio of a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities to its debt. The debt includes the Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation. This ratio measures the financial strength of a company. This ratio is updated quarterly.

Nathan's Famous's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	29.861	/	(1.782	+	84.454)
	=	0.35

Nathan's Famous's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	16.732	/	(1.88	+	64.662)
	=	0.25

Nathan's Famous (NAS:NATH) Cash-to-Debt Explanation

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. If it is smaller than 1, it means the company has more debt than the cash in hands. In this case, it is important to look the the company's Interest Coverage. Ben Graham requires that a company must have an Interest Coverage of at least 5.

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Nathan's Famous (Nathan's Famous) Business Description

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Address

One Jericho Plaza, Second Floor - Wing A, Jericho, NY, USA, 11753

Website

https://www.nathansfamous.com

Nathan's Famous Inc is an owner of fast food franchises in the United States. The company's reportable segment includes the Branded Product Program, Product licensing, Restaurant operations and Corporate. Branded Product Program derives revenue principally from the sale of hot dog products either directly to foodservice operators or to various foodservice distributors who resell the products to foodservice operators. It generates maximum revenue from the Branded Product Program segment. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United States.

Executives

Brian S Genson	director
Joanne Podell	director	ONE JERICHO PLAZA, JERICHO NY 11753
Robert E Steinberg	officer: VP Finance, CFO, Treasurer	NATHAN'S FAMOUS INC., ONE JERICHO PLAZA, JERICHO NY 11753
Andrew M Levine	director	C/O NATHAN'S FAMOUS, INC., ONE JERICHO PLAZA, SECOND FLOOR - WING A, JERICHO NY 11753
Ronald G Devos	officer: VP-Fin, CFO and Secy
James Robert Walker	officer: SVP, Restaurants	C/O NATHAN'S FAMOUS, INC., ONE JERICHO PLAZA, SECOND FLOOR - WING A, JERICHO NY 11753
Robert J Eide	director	70 EAST SUNRISE HIGHWAY STE 415, VALLEY STREAM NY 11581
Randy Watts	officer: VP - Franchise Operations	1400 OLD COUNTRY ROAD, SUITE 400, WESTBURY NY 11590
Leigh Platte	officer: Vice President, Food Service	C/O NATHAN'S FAMOUS, INC., ONE JERICHO PLAZA, SECOND FLOOR - WING A, JERICHO NY 11753
Scott F. Harvey	officer: Executive Vice President	ONE JERICHO PLAZA, SECOND FLOOR - WING A, JERICHO NY 11753
Donald P Schedler	officer: Vice President
Barry Leistner	director
Wayne Norbitz	director, officer: President
Donald L Perlyn	director, officer: Executive Vice President
Howard M Lorber	director, 10 percent owner, officer: Executive Chairman	4400 BISCAYNE BLVD, 10TH FLOOR, MIAMI FL 33137