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GO (Grocery Outlet Holding) Interest Coverage : 1.50 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Grocery Outlet Holding Interest Coverage?

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Grocery Outlet Holding's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $11 Mil. Grocery Outlet Holding's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-8 Mil. Grocery Outlet Holding's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 1.50. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Grocery Outlet Holding's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

GO' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.46   Med: 2.8   Max: 6.2
Current: 2.96


GO's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
80.78% of 255 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 8.57 vs GO: 2.96

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Grocery Outlet Holding Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Grocery Outlet Holding's Interest Coverage 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: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term 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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Grocery Outlet Holding Interest Coverage Chart

Grocery Outlet Holding Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 5.55 6.20 4.98 5.49 2.80

Grocery Outlet Holding Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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Competitive Comparison of Grocery Outlet Holding's Interest Coverage

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Grocery Outlet Holding's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage 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.


Grocery Outlet Holding's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Grocery Outlet Holding's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Grocery Outlet Holding's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Grocery Outlet Holding Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Grocery Outlet Holding's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024, Grocery Outlet Holding's Interest Expense was $-28 Mil. Its Operating Income was $78 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,569 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*78.327/-27.969
=2.80

Grocery Outlet Holding's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Grocery Outlet Holding's Interest Expense was $-8 Mil. Its Operating Income was $11 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,650 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*11.367/-7.582
=1.50

* 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.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Grocery Outlet Holding  (NAS:GO) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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Grocery Outlet Holding Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
5650 Hollis Street, Emeryville, CA, USA, 94608
Grocery Outlet Holding Corp is a grocery store operator in the United States. It is a retailer of quality, name-brand consumables and fresh products sold through a network of independently operated stores. The stores are run by Entrepreneurial independent operators which create a neighborhood feel through personalized customer service and a localized product offering.
Executives
Andrea Renee Bortner officer: Chief Human Resources Officer C/O GROCERY OUTLET HOLDING CORP., 5650 HOLLIS STREET, EMERYVILLE CA 94608
Luke D Thompson officer: SVP, GC and Secretary C/O GROCERY OUTLET HOLDING CORP, 5650 HOLLIS STREET, EMERYVILLE CA 94608
Lindberg Eric J. Jr. director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O GROCERY OUTLET HOLDING CORP., 56560 HOLLIS STREET, EMERYVILLE CA 94608
Pamela B. Burke officer: CAO, GC & Secretary C/O GROCERY OUTLET HOLDING CORP., 5650 HOLLIS STREET, EMERYVILLE CA 94608
Lindsay E. Gray officer: VP Corporate Controller C/O GROCERY OUTLET HOLDING CORP., 5650 HOLLIS STREET, EMERYVILLE CA 94608
Steven K. Wilson officer: SVP, Purchasing C/O GROCERY OUTLET HOLDING CORP., 5650 HOLLIS STREET, EMERYVILLE CA 94608
John E. Bachman director 77 EXETER STREET, 1809, BOSTON MA 02116
Carey F. Jaros director C/O GROCERY OUTLET HOLDING CORP., 5650 HOLLIS STREET, EMERYVILLE CA 94608
Kenneth W. Alterman director C/O GROCERY OUTLET HOLDING CORP., 5650 HOLLIS STREET, EMERYVILLE CA 94608
Erik D. Ragatz director ONE MARITIME PLAZA, 12TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Thomas F Herman director C/O GROCERY OUTLET HOLDING CORP., 5650 HOLLIS STREET, EMERYVILLE CA 94608
Sheedy Robert Joseph Jr. officer: President C/O GROCERY OUTLET HOLDING CORP., 5650 HOLLIS STREET, EMERYVILLE CA 94608
Calvin Chung officer: See Remarks C/O GROCERY OUTLET HOLDING CORP., 5650 HOLLIS STREET, EMERYVILLE CA 94608
Charles Bracher officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O GROCERY OUTLET HOLDING CORP., 5650 HOLLIS STREET, EMERYVILLE CA 94608
Jeffrey York director C/O GROCERY OUTLET HOLDING CORP., 5650 HOLLIS STREET, EMERYVILLE CA 94608

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