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Village Super Market (Village Super Market) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.88 (As of Jan. 2024)
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Village Super Market's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $32 Mil. Village Super Market's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $345 Mil. Village Super Market's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $429 Mil. Village Super Market's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.88.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Village Super Market's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

VLGEA' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.15   Med: 0.19   Max: 1.27
Current: 0.88

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Village Super Market was 1.27. The lowest was 0.15. And the median was 0.19.

VLGEA's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
57.97% of 276 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 0.65 vs VLGEA: 0.88

Village Super Market Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Village Super Market's Debt-to-Equity 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.

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Village Super Market Annual Data
Trend Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23
Debt-to-Equity
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.15 1.27 1.17 1.09 0.96

Village Super Market Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Debt-to-Equity 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 1.03 1.00 0.96 0.92 0.88

Competitive Comparison

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Village Super Market's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity 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.


Village Super Market Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Village Super Market's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Village Super Market's Debt-to-Equity falls into.



Village Super Market Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Village Super Market's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2023 is calculated as

Village Super Market's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

* 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.


Village Super Market  (NAS:VLGEA) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.


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Village Super Market (Village Super Market) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
733 Mountain Avenue, Springfield, NJ, USA, 07081
Village Super Market Inc operates a chain of ShopRite supermarkets, a few of which are in northern New Jersey, southern New Jersey, Maryland, and in northeastern Pennsylvania. The company is a member of Wakefern Food Corporation (Wakefern), a retailer-owned food cooperative and owner of the ShopRite name. It consists of one operating segment, the retail sale of food and nonfood products.
Executives
William Sumas director, 10 percent owner, officer: EVP 733 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD NJ 07081
John Sumas director, 10 percent owner, officer: EVP 733 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD NJ 07081
Perry J. Blatt director C/O VILLAGE SUPER MARKET, INC., 733 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD NJ 07081
Prasad Pola director C/O VILLAGE SUPER MARKET, INC., 733 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD NJ 07081
Van Orden John L officer: CFO 733 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD NJ 07081
Kevin Begley officer: CFO 733 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD NJ 07081
Peter Lavoy director 733 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD NJ 07081
David Judge director 733 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD NJ 07081
Luigi Perri officer: Controller 733 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD NJ 07081
Estate Of Perry Sumas 10 percent owner C/O PATRICIA ANAGNOSTIS, 148 KENT PLACE BLVD., SUMMIT NJ 07901
Steven Crystal director 733 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, - - - - - - - - - -, SPRINGFIELD NJ 07081
Stephen Rooney director 212 DOLSON AVENUE, MIDDLETOWN NY 10940
Robert Sumas director, 10 percent owner, officer: EVP, Secretary 733 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD NJ 07081
John James Sumas officer: VP & General Counsel 733 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD NJ 07081
Nicholas James Sumas officer: VP 733 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD NJ 07081