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Nathan's Famous (Nathan's Famous) Interest Coverage

: 3.95 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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. Nathan's Famous's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $5.1 Mil. Nathan's Famous's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-1.3 Mil. Nathan's Famous's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.95. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

NATH' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.71   Med: 2.58   Max: 101.44
Current: 5.08


NATH's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
58.59% of 256 companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 6.835 vs NATH: 5.08

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


Nathan's Famous Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nathan's Famous'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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Nathan's Famous Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.59 2.56 2.41 2.95 4.45

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
Interest Coverage 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.48 2.80 8.11 6.89 3.95

Competitive Comparison

For the Restaurants subindustry, Nathan's Famous'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.


Nathan's Famous Interest Coverage Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Nathan's Famous's Interest Coverage falls into.



Nathan's Famous 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.

Nathan's Famous's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023, Nathan's Famous's Interest Expense was $-7.7 Mil. Its Operating Income was $34.4 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $84.5 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*34.445/-7.742
=4.45

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Nathan's Famous's Interest Expense was $-1.3 Mil. Its Operating Income was $5.1 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $64.7 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*5.137/-1.3
=3.95

* 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.


Nathan's Famous  (NAS:NATH) 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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Nathan's Famous (Nathan's Famous) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
One Jericho Plaza, Second Floor - Wing A, Jericho, NY, USA, 11753
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

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