What is Mattress Firm Holding Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation?
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is the debt and capital lease obligation due more than 12 months in the future. Mattress Firm Holding's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2016 was $1,340 Mil.
LT-Debt-to-Total-Asset is a measurement representing the percentage of a corporation's assets that are financed with loans and financial obligations lasting more than one year. The ratio provides a general measure of the financial position of a company, including its ability to meet financial requirements for outstanding loans. It is calculated as a company's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divides by its Total Assets. Mattress Firm Holding's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2016 was $1,340 Mil. Mattress Firm Holding's Total Assets for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2016 was $2,539 Mil. Mattress Firm Holding's LT-Debt-to-Total-Asset for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2016 was 0.53.
Mattress Firm Holding Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation Historical Data
The historical data trend for Mattress Firm Holding's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation 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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Mattress Firm Holding Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation Calculation
Long-Term Debt is the debt due more than 12 months in the future. The debt can be owed to banks or bondholders. Some companies issue bonds to investors and pay interest on the bonds.
Long-Term Capital Lease Obligation represents the total liability for long-term leases lasting over one year. It's amount equal to the present value (the principal) at the beginning of the lease term less lease payments during the lease term.
The interest paid on companies' debt is reflected in the income statement as interest expense. If a company has too much debt and it cannot serve the interest payment on the debt or repay the matured debt, the company risks bankruptcy. Peter Lynch famously said: A company that does not have debt cannot go bankrupt.
A company's long term debt may have different dates of maturity and interest rates, depending on the terms.
Usually a company issues long term debt to pay for its capital expenditures. Borrowing allows the company to do things that otherwise cannot be done with only the capital it has. But debt can be risky.
LT-Debt-to-Total-Asset is a measurement representing the percentage of a corporation's assets that are financed with loans and financial obligations lasting more than one year. The ratio provides a general measure of the financial position of a company, including its ability to meet financial requirements for outstanding loans. A year-over-year decrease in this metric would suggest the company is progressively becoming less dependent on debt to grow their business.
Mattress Firm Holding's LT-Debt-to-Total-Asset ratio for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2016 is calculated as:
* 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.
Buffett says that durable competitive advantages carry little to no long-term debt because the company is so profitable that even expansions or acquisitions are self financed.
We are interested in long term debt load for the last ten years. If the ten years of operation show little to no long term debt, then the company has some kind of strong competitive advantage.
Warren Buffett's historic purchases indicate that on any given year, the company should have sufficient yearly net earnings to pay all long term within 3 or 4 year earnings period. (e.g. Coke + Moody's = 1yr)
Companies with enough earning power to pay long term debt in less than 3 or 4 years is a good candidate in our search for long term competitive advantage.
BUT, these companies are targets for leveraged buy outs, which saddles the business with long term debt.
If all else indicates the company has a moat, but it has ton of debt, a leveraged buyout may have created the debt. In these cases the company's bonds offer the better bet, in that the companys earnings power is focused on paying off the debt and not growth.
Important: little or no long term debt often means a Good Long Term Bet
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Mattress Firm Holding (Mattress Firm Holding) Business Description
Mattress Firm Holding Corp was incorporated in Delaware in January 2007. It is engaged in retail sale of mattresses and bedding-related products in metropolitan areas in the United States through company-operated and franchise-operated mattress specialty stores. The Company and its franchisees operated approximately 2,400 stores, under the Mattress Firm name, in 105 markets across 41 states. The Company's operating segments consist of its: company-operated store operations, with each geographic region considered a separate operating segment; e-commerce website operations; multi-channel sales operations, consisting of special events; and franchise operations, which consists of franchise fees and royalty income earned on the sales from franchisee-operated mattress specialty stores. The Company-operated store regions, e-commerce website and multi-channel operating segments are aggregated into single segment ("retail segment"). It offers approximately over 75 different models and styles of conventional and specialty mattresses, Conventional mattresses, Specialty mattresses, furniture and accessories, including bed frames, mattress pads and pillows. There are two distribution channels of Company, Wholesale & Retail. The U.S. wholesale mattress industry includes mattresses and their supporting box springs. The U.S. retail mattress market is made up of mattress specialty retailers, furniture retailers and department stores. It operates 55 distribution centers, supporting all of its company-operated stores. The Company's important trademarks include Mattress Firm, Comfort By Color, Mattress Firm Red Carpet Delivery Service, Hampton & Rhodes, Mattress Firm Super Center, Happiness Guarantee, Sleep Happy & among others. The Company's operations are subject to federal, state and local consumer protection regulations and other regulations relating specifically to the bedding industry.
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