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Potbelly (Potbelly) Financial Strength : 5 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Potbelly Financial Strength?

Potbelly has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Potbelly's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.91. Potbelly's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.37. As of today, Potbelly's Altman Z-Score is 0.93.


Competitive Comparison of Potbelly's Financial Strength

For the Restaurants subindustry, Potbelly's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength 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.


Potbelly's Financial Strength Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Potbelly's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Potbelly's Financial Strength falls into.



Potbelly Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

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

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:

Potbelly's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.8 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.2 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $161.2 Mil.

Potbelly's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*2.186/-0.75
=2.91

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Potbelly's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(25.775 + 161.218) / 502.996
=0.37

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Potbelly has a Z-score of 0.93, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.93 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

* 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.


Potbelly  (NAS:PBPB) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Potbelly has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.


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Potbelly (Potbelly) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
111 North Canal Street, Suite 325, Chicago, IL, USA, 60606
Potbelly Corp owns and franchises hundreds of limited-service restaurants specializing in sandwiches and salads, shakes. The menu includes toasty sandwiches, signature salads, soups, chili, sides, desserts, and, in breakfast locations it serves breakfast sandwiches and steel-cut oatmeal. Most of its locations are company-owned and located in the United States, with Illinois and Texas housing far more locations than any other state. The company has franchise partners in a number of countries. Excluding the United States, most of Potbelly's franchises are in the Middle East.
Executives
Robert D. Wright officer: President and CEO 111 N. CANAL STREET, SUITE 850, CHICAGO IL 60606
Steven Cirulis officer: SVP, Chief Financial Officer 111 N. CANAL ST., SUITE 850, CHICAGO IL 60606
Karen Lynette Mckee officer: SVP, Franchising C/O POTBELLY CORPORATION, 111 N. CANAL STREET, SUITE 325, CHICAGO IL 60606
Jeffrey Douglas officer: SVP, Chief Information Officer 111 N. CANAL STREET, SUITE 850, CHICAGO IL 60606
David Near director 111 N CANAL ST, SUITE 850, CHICAGO IL 60601
Adiya Dixon officer: SVP, CLO and Secretary 111 N CANAL, SUITE 850, CHICAGO IL 60606
Patrick James Walsh officer: Chief People Officer 410 N. MICHIGAN AVENUE, SUITE 400, CHICAGO IL 60611
Adam Noyes officer: SVP, Chief Operations Officer 111 N CANAL ST, SUITE 850, CHICAGO IL 60601
David T. Pearson director C/O VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP, 23 MAIN STREET, HOLMDEL NJ 07733
Jill Sutton director 313 IRON HORSE WAY, PROVIDENCE RI 02908
David Scott Daniels officer: CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER C/O POTBELLY CORPORATION, 111 N. CANAL STREET, SUITE 325, CHICAGO IL 60606
Larry Strain officer: CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER C/O POTBELLY CORPORATION, 111 N. CANAL STREET, SUITE 325, CHICAGO IL 60606
Todd Whitney Smith director 300 JOHNNY BENCH DRIVE, OKLAHOMA CITY OK 73104
Adrian M Butler director 111 NORTH CANAL STREET, SUITE 850, CHICAGO IL 60606
Joseph Boehm director 111 NORTH CANAL, SUITE 850, CHICAGO IL 60606