Macy's (Macy's) Cash-to-Debt

: 0.17 (As of Jan. 2024)

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Cash to Debt Ratio measures the financial strength of a company. It is calculated as a company's cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities divide by its debt. Macy's's cash to debt ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.17.

If Cash to Debt ratio is less than 1, the company cannot pay off its debt using the cash in hand. Here we can see, Macy's couldn't pay off its debt using the cash in hand for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024.

The historical rank and industry rank for Macy's's Cash-to-Debt or its related term are showing as below:

M' s Cash-to-Debt Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.09 Med: 0.19 Max: 0.3
Current: 0.17

During the past 13 years, Macy's's highest Cash to Debt Ratio was 0.30. The lowest was 0.09. And the median was 0.19.

M's Cash-to-Debt is ranked worse than
72.87% of 1102 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 0.47 vs M: 0.17

Macy's Cash-to-Debt Historical Data

The historical data trend for Macy's's Cash-to-Debt 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: An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no 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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Macy's Annual Data

Trend

Jan15

Jan16

Jan17

Jan18

Jan19

Jan20

Jan21

Jan22

Jan23

Jan24

Cash-to-Debt

0.09

0.20

0.25

0.14

0.17

Macy's Quarterly Data
	Apr19	Jul19	Oct19	Jan20	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24
Cash-to-Debt																0.14	0.10	0.07	0.06	0.17

Competitive Comparison

For the Department Stores subindustry, Macy's's Cash-to-Debt, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash-to-Debt 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.

Macy's Cash-to-Debt Distribution

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Macy's's Cash-to-Debt distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Macy's's Cash-to-Debt falls into.

Macy's Cash-to-Debt Calculation

This is the ratio of a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities to its debt. The debt includes the Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation. This ratio measures the financial strength of a company. This ratio is updated quarterly.

Macy's's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	1034	/	(0	+	5984)
	=	0.17

Macy's's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	1034	/	(0	+	5984)
	=	0.17

Macy's (NYSE:M) Cash-to-Debt Explanation

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. If it is smaller than 1, it means the company has more debt than the cash in hands. In this case, it is important to look the the company's Interest Coverage. Ben Graham requires that a company must have an Interest Coverage of at least 5.

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Macy's (Macy's) Business Description

Industry

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Address

151 West 34th Street, New York, NY, USA, 10001

Website

https://www.macysinc.com

Founded in 1858 and based in New York City, Macy's operates about 550 stores under the Macy's nameplate, nearly 60 stores under the Bloomingdale's (full-price and outlet) and Bloomie's nameplates, and 158 freestanding Bluemercury specialty beauty stores. Macy's also operates e-commerce sites and licenses two Bloomingdale's stores in the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. Women's apparel, accessories, shoes, cosmetics, and fragrances composed 61% of Macy's 2022 sales.

Executives

Adrian V Mitchell	officer: Chief Financial Officer	C/O MACY'S, INC., 151 WEST 34TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10001
Paul Griscom	officer: Interim Principal Acctg. Offr.	C/O MACY'S, INC., 145 PROGRESS PLACE, SPRINGDALE OH 45246
Danielle L. Kirgan	officer: Chief Human Resources Officer	C/O MACY'S, INC., 151 WEST 34TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10001
Garcia C Elisa D	officer: Chief Legal Officer	151 WEST 34TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10001
Jeffrey Gennette	officer: Chief Merchandising Officer	C/O MACY'S, INC., 151 WEST 34TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10001
Antony Spring	officer: Chairman & CEO, Bloomingdale's	C/O MACY'S, INC., 7 WEST SEVENTH STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Naveen K. Chopra	director	C/O 2160 GOLD STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95002
Emilie Arel	director	C/O CASPER SLEEP INC., 175 GREENWICH ST., THREE WORLD TRADE CENTER, FLOOR 39, NEW YORK NY 10007
Jill Granoff	director	LIZ CLAIBORNE, INC., 1441 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10018
Marie A Chandoha	director	C/O THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION, 211 MAIN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Ashley Buchanan	director	C/O THE MICHAELS COMPANIES, INC., 8000 BENT BRANCH DRIVE, IRVING TX 75063
Tracey Zhen	director	C/O MACY'S, INC., 145 PROGRESS PLACE, SPRINGDALE OH 45246
John T. Harper	officer: Chief Operations Officer	C/O MACY'S, INC., 151 WEST 34TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10001
Paul C Varga	director	850 DIXIE HIGHWAY, LOUISVILLE KY 40210
Felicia Williams	officer: EVP,Controller/Enterprise Risk	C/O MACY'S, INC., 151 WEST 34TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10001