Family Dollar Stores (FRA:FAY) Cash-to-Debt : 0.45 (As of May. 2015)

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What is Family Dollar Stores 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. Family Dollar Stores's cash to debt ratio for the quarter that ended in May. 2015 was 0.45.

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, Family Dollar Stores couldn't pay off its debt using the cash in hand for the quarter that ended in May. 2015.

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

FRA:FAY' s Cash-to-Debt Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.01 Med: 1.78 Max: No Debt
Current: 0.45

During the past 13 years, Family Dollar Stores's highest Cash to Debt Ratio was No Debt. The lowest was 0.01. And the median was 1.78.

FRA:FAY's Cash-to-Debt is not ranked
in the Retail - Defensive industry.
Industry Median: 0.46 vs FRA:FAY: 0.45

Family Dollar Stores Cash-to-Debt Historical Data

The historical data trend for Family Dollar Stores'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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Family Dollar Stores Cash-to-Debt Chart

Family Dollar Stores Annual Data

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Cash-to-Debt

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2.01

0.43

0.18

0.28

0.30

Family Dollar Stores Quarterly Data
	Aug10	Nov10	Feb11	May11	Aug11	Nov11	Feb12	May12	Aug12	Nov12	Feb13	May13	Aug13	Nov13	Feb14	May14	Aug14	Nov14	Feb15	May15
Cash-to-Debt	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.23	0.30	0.28	0.29	0.45

Competitive Comparison of Family Dollar Stores's Cash-to-Debt

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Family Dollar Stores'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.

Family Dollar Stores's Cash-to-Debt Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Family Dollar Stores's Cash-to-Debt distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Family Dollar Stores's Cash-to-Debt falls into.

Family Dollar Stores 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.

Family Dollar Stores's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2014 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)
	=	111.629	/	(12.166	+	363.654)
	=	0.30

Family Dollar Stores's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in May. 2015 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)
	=	196.896	/	(165.754	+	267.729)
	=	0.45

Family Dollar Stores (FRA:FAY) 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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Family Dollar Stores (FRA:FAY) Business Description

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Family Dollar Stores Inc was incorporated in November 1959. The Company provides consumers with a selection of competitively priced merchandise in convenient neighbourhood stores. Its merchandise assortment includes Consumables, Home Products, Apparel and Accessories, and Seasonal and Electronics. It classifies the combination of Home Products, Apparel and Accessories, and Seasonal and Electronics as Discretionary. It operates general merchandise retail discount stores in 46 states, serving the basic needs of customers primarily in the low- and middle-income brackets. The stores are supported by 11 distribution centers and one Store Support Center. It competes for sales and store locations in varying degrees with international, national, regional and local retailing establishments, other discount stores, department stores, variety stores, dollar stores, discount clothing stores, drug stores, grocery stores, convenience stores, outlet stores, warehouse stores and other stores. The Company's trademark includes Family Dollar and Family Dollar Stores. Its business is subject to federal, state, local, and international laws, rules, and regulations, such as state and local wage and hour laws, anti-corruption laws, import and export laws, unclaimed property laws, and many others.

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