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Fairway Group Holdings (Fairway Group Holdings) Debt-to-EBITDA : 28.90 (As of Dec. 2015)


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What is Fairway Group Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Fairway Group Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 was $2.8 Mil. Fairway Group Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 was $254.8 Mil. Fairway Group Holdings's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 was $8.9 Mil. Fairway Group Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 was 28.90.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Fairway Group Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

FWMHQ's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Retail - Defensive industry.
Industry Median: 2.68
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Fairway Group Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fairway Group Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA 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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Fairway Group Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Fairway Group Holdings Annual Data
Trend Mar10 Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 Mar14 Mar15
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - 13.08 44.97 -28.38 659.20

Fairway Group Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar10 Mar11 Jun11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 858.72 15.28 -63.49 -75.27 28.90

Competitive Comparison of Fairway Group Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Fairway Group Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA 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.


Fairway Group Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Fairway Group Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fairway Group Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Fairway Group Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Fairway Group Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2015 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2.75 + 254.336) / 0.39
=659.19

Fairway Group Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2.75 + 254.829) / 8.912
=28.90

* 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.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2015) EBITDA data.


Fairway Group Holdings  (OTCPK:FWMHQ) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

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


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


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Fairway Group Holdings (Fairway Group Holdings) Business Description

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Fairway Group Holdings Corp along with its subsidiaries operates in the retail food industry. The company sells fresh, natural and organic products, prepared foods and hard to find specialty and gourmet offerings, along with a full assortment of conventional groceries. Its perishable product categories, which include producing, natural and organic, deli, specialty, cheese, butcher, seafood, bakery, coffee and kosher foods. The non-perishable product categories consist of conventional groceries as well as specialty foods.
Executives
Edward C Arditte officer: Co-President and CFO 9 ROSZEL ROAD, PRINCETON NJ 08540
Linda Siluk officer: VP Finance and CAO C/O FAIRWAY GROUP HOLDINGS CORP., 2284 12TH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10027
Stephen Key director 66 EAST WADSWORTH PARK DRIVE, DRAPER UT 84020
William E Sanford officer: Interim CEO C/O FAIRWAY GROUP HOLDINGS CORP. 2284 12TH AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10027
Robert Magnus director 2366 BERNVILLE ROAD, READING PA 19605

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