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Meritage Hospitality Group (Meritage Hospitality Group) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Meritage Hospitality Group Financial Strength?

Meritage Hospitality Group has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

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.

Meritage Hospitality Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.84. Meritage Hospitality Group's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.92. As of today, Meritage Hospitality Group's Altman Z-Score is 1.01.


Competitive Comparison of Meritage Hospitality Group's Financial Strength

For the Restaurants subindustry, Meritage Hospitality Group'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.


Meritage Hospitality Group's Financial Strength Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

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

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Meritage Hospitality Group 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:

Meritage Hospitality Group's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-3.2 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $6.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $541.2 Mil.

Meritage Hospitality Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*5.959/-3.232
=1.84

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

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

Meritage Hospitality Group's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(74.713 + 541.224) / 671.512
=0.92

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.

Meritage Hospitality Group has a Z-score of 1.01, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.01 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

* 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.


Meritage Hospitality Group  (OTCPK:MHGU) 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.

Meritage Hospitality Group has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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Meritage Hospitality Group (Meritage Hospitality Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
45 Ottawa Avenue SW, Suite 600, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, 49503
Meritage Hospitality Group Inc is one of the nation's premier restaurant operators, with more than 300 restaurants in operation located in Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Executives
Duane F Kluting director 3100 44TH STREET SW, GRANDVILLE MI 49418
Roger L Zingle officer: Chief Operating Officer 6132 PICKWOOD DRIVE, WEST BLOOMFIELD MI 48322
Gary A Rose officer: VP, CFO & Treasurer 223 EAST MT. GARFIELD ROAD, NORTON SHORES MI 49441
Robert E. Schermer Revocable Living Trust U/a Dated 4/28/97 10 percent owner C/O ROBERT W. BAIRD & CO. INC., 333 BRIDGE STREET, N.W., SUITE 1000, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49504
Gulis Stephen L Jr director 9341 COURTLAND DRIVE NE, ROCKFORD MI 49351
James R Saalfeld officer: VP, Secretary and Treasurer MERITAGE HOSPITALITY GROUP INC, 1971 EAST BELTLINE AVE, N.E., STE. 200, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49525
Robert H Potts officer: Vice President of Real Estate 1971 EAST BELTLINE AVE NE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49525
Schermer Robert E Jr director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 1971 EAST BELTLINE AVE, N.E., SUITE 200, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49525
Robert E Riley director, 10 percent owner, officer: President 40 PEARL STREET NW, SUITE 900, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49503
James P Bishop director 4230 SOUTH WESTNEDGE, KALAMAZOO MI 49006
Schermer Robert E Sr director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman of the Board C/O ROBERT W BLAIR & CO. INC., 333 BRIDGE STREET, SUITE 1000, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49504
Joseph L Maggini director 4242 CLAY STREET SW, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49548
Brian N Mcmahon director 542 TONBRIDGE COURT, PERRYSBURG OH 43551

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