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SFM (Sprouts Farmers Market) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.34 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Sprouts Farmers Market Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Sprouts Farmers Market's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $152 Mil. Sprouts Farmers Market's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $1,528 Mil. Sprouts Farmers Market's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $718 Mil. Sprouts Farmers Market's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 2.34.

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 Sprouts Farmers Market's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

SFM' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.99   Med: 2.26   Max: 4.11
Current: 2.14

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Sprouts Farmers Market was 4.11. The lowest was 0.99. And the median was 2.26.

SFM's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
55.6% of 259 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 2.33 vs SFM: 2.14

Sprouts Farmers Market Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sprouts Farmers Market'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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Sprouts Farmers Market Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Sprouts Farmers Market Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.38 2.66 2.56 2.67 2.14

Sprouts Farmers Market Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 Premium Member Only 3.00 1.97 2.07 2.13 2.34

Competitive Comparison of Sprouts Farmers Market's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Sprouts Farmers Market'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.


Sprouts Farmers Market's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Sprouts Farmers Market's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sprouts Farmers Market's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.


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Sprouts Farmers Market Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Sprouts Farmers Market's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(151.721 + 1527.52) / 785.791
=2.14

Sprouts Farmers Market's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(151.721 + 1527.52) / 718.384
=2.34

* 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. 2024) EBITDA data.


Sprouts Farmers Market  (NAS:SFM) 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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Sprouts Farmers Market Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5455 East High Street, Suite 111, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 85054
Sprouts Farmers Market Inc offers a specialty grocery experience featuring an open layout with fresh produce at the heart of the store. Sprouts inspire wellness naturally with a carefully curated assortment products paired with purpose-driven people. The company continues to bring products made with lifestyle-friendly ingredients such as organic, plant-based, and gluten-free. It approximately has 407 stores in nearly 23 states. The Company has one operating segment that is healthy grocery stores.
Executives
Kim Coffin officer: SVP, Chief Forager 5455 EAST HIGH STREET, SUITE 111, PHOENIX AZ 85054
Douglas Gregory Rauch director 54 WILDE ROAD, WABAN MA 02468
Timmi Zalatoris officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 5455 EAST HIGH STREET, SUITE 111, PHOENIX AZ 85054
Jack Sinclair director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 800 WEST 1ST STREET, APT. 2308, LOS ANGELES CA 90012
Brandon F. Lombardi officer: Chief Legal Officer 11811 N. TATUM BOULEVARD SUITE 2400, PHOENIX AZ 85028
Joseph L Hurley officer: Chief Supply Chain Officer 5455 EAST HIGH STREET, SUITE 111, PHOENIX AZ 85054
Alisa Gmelich officer: SVP, Chief Marketing Officer 5455 EAST HIGH STREET, SUITE 111, PHOENIX AZ 85054
Stacy W. Hilgendorf officer: VP, Controller 14624 N. SCOTTSDALE ROAD, SUITE 300, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85254
John Scott Neal officer: Chief Fresh Merchandising Off. 5455 EAST HIGH STREET, SUITE 111, PHOENIX AZ 85054
Nicholas Konat officer: President & COO 10850 VIA FRONTERA, SAN DIEGO CA 92127
David Mcglinchey officer: Chief Merchandising Officer 5455 E. HIGH STREET, SUITE 111, PHOENIX AZ 85054
Joe Fortunato director 300 SIXTH AVENUE, PITTSBURGH PA 15222
Joseph D O'leary director 19601 N 27TH AVE, PHOENIX AZ 85027
Terri F Graham director C/O JACK IN THE BOX INC, 9330 BALVOA AVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92123
Kristen E Blum director 5455 EAST HIGH STREET, SUITE 111, PHOENIX AZ 85054