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Village Super Market (Village Super Market) Interest Coverage

: 17.63 (As of Jan. 2024)
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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. Village Super Market's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $18 Mil. Village Super Market's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $-1 Mil. Village Super Market's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 17.63. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Village Super Market's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

VLGEA' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.5   Med: 9.38   Max: 15.63
Current: 15.63


VLGEA's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
59.06% of 254 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 9.045 vs VLGEA: 15.63

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


Village Super Market Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Village Super Market'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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Village Super Market Annual Data
Trend Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.82 11.60 8.13 9.97 15.53

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
Interest Coverage 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 16.68 12.94 18.66 13.30 17.63

Competitive Comparison

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Village Super Market'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.


Village Super Market Interest Coverage Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Village Super Market's Interest Coverage falls into.



Village Super Market 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.

Village Super Market's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2023, Village Super Market's Interest Expense was $-4 Mil. Its Operating Income was $66 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $361 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jul. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Jul. 2023 )
=-1*65.546/-4.22
=15.53

Village Super Market's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jan. 2024, Village Super Market's Interest Expense was $-1 Mil. Its Operating Income was $18 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $345 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jan. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=-1*18.442/-1.046
=17.63

* 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.


Village Super Market  (NAS:VLGEA) 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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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

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