Weis Markets (Weis Markets) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 0.81 (As of Dec. 2023)

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

Weis Markets's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $41 Mil. Weis Markets's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $142 Mil. Weis Markets's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $225 Mil. Weis Markets's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.81.

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 Weis Markets's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

WMK' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.21 Med: 0.75 Max: 1.23
Current: 0.75

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Weis Markets was 1.23. The lowest was 0.21. And the median was 0.75.

WMK's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
78.88% of 251 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 2.67 vs WMK: 0.75

Weis Markets Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Weis Markets'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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Weis Markets Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-EBITDA

1.23

0.79

0.81

0.71

0.75

Weis Markets Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA																0.78	0.77	0.62	0.82	0.81

Competitive Comparison

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Weis Markets'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.

Weis Markets Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Weis Markets's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

Weis Markets Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Weis Markets's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(40.658	+	142.345)	/	245.624
	=	0.75

Weis Markets's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(40.658	+	142.345)	/	224.708
	=	0.81

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. 2023) EBITDA data.

Weis Markets (NYSE:WMK) 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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Weis Markets (Weis Markets) Business Description

Industry

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Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

1000 S. Second Street, P.O. Box 471, Sunbury, PA, USA, 17801-0471

Website

https://www.weismarkets.com

Weis Markets Inc is a U.S.-based company that is principally engaged in retailing food products in Pennsylvania and surrounding states. The company's products consist of center-store goods, fresh goods, pharmacy services, fuel, and other. The center-store goods include groceries, dairy products, frozen foods, alcoholic beverage, and general merchandise items. The fresh goods include meats, seafood, floral, prepared foods, and bakery products. The center-store goods and fresh goods jointly account for the majority of the company's total revenue.

Executives

Robert G. Gleeson	officer: SVP, Merchandising & Marketing	1000 SOUTH 2ND STREET, PO BOX 471, SUNBURY PA 17801
Kurt A Schertle	officer: Sr. VP Merch. and Marketing	1000 SOUTH SECOND STREET, P.O. BOX 471, SUNBURY PA 17801-0471
Michael T Lockard	officer: SVP, CFO and Treasurer	1000 SOUTH 2ND STREET, PO BOX 471, SUNBURY PA 17801
Jennifer Weis	other: Member of a 10% owner group	C/O WEIS MARKETS, INC., 1000 SOUTH SECOND STREET, PO BOX 471, SUNBURY PA 17801
Zeh Richard Gregory Jr	officer: SVP, Chief Information Officer	1000 SOUTH 2ND STREET, PO BOX 471, SUNBURY PA 17801
Scott F Frost	officer: SVP, Chief Financial Officer	1000 SOUTH SECOND STREET, PO BOX 471, SUNBURY PA 17801
Wayne S Bailey	officer: Vice President Grocery Merch.
Jonathan H Weis	director, officer: Vice President and Secretary
Dennis G Hatchell	director	305 GREGSON DRIVE, CARY NC 27511
Gerrald B Silverman	director	207 CROSS STREET, BELMONT MA 02478
Lauth Edward John Iii	director	485 SCENERY DRIVE, STATE COLLEGE PA 16801
Harold G Graber	officer: Vice President Real Estate
Patricia R. Weis Marital Trust	10 percent owner	C/O WEIS MARKETS, INC., 1000 SOUTH, SECOND STREET, P.O. BOX 471, SUNBURY PA 17801
Weis Collen Ross	other: Member of a 10% owner group	C/O WEIS MARKETS, INC., 1000 SOUTH SECOND STREET, PO BOX 471, SUNBURY PA 17801
Kathryn Jane Zox	other: Member of a 10% owner group	1000 SOUTH SECOND STREET, PO BOX 471, SUNBURY PA 17801