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United Natural Foods (United Natural Foods) Debt-to-EBITDA : 10.00 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is United Natural Foods Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

United Natural Foods's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $199 Mil. United Natural Foods's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $3,481 Mil. United Natural Foods's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $368 Mil. United Natural Foods's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 10.00.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for United Natural Foods's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

UNFI' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.12   Med: 3.33   Max: 34.54
Current: 12.96

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of United Natural Foods was 34.54. The lowest was 1.12. And the median was 3.33.

UNFI's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
95.67% of 254 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 2.645 vs UNFI: 12.96

United Natural Foods Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for United Natural Foods's Debt-to-EBITDA 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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United Natural Foods Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

United Natural Foods Annual Data
Trend Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 34.54 27.71 5.10 4.62 7.35

United Natural Foods Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Debt-to-EBITDA 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 6.16 7.09 81.63 14.04 10.00

Competitive Comparison of United Natural Foods's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Food Distribution subindustry, United Natural Foods's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA 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.


United Natural Foods's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, United Natural Foods's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where United Natural Foods's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



United Natural Foods Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

United Natural Foods's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(198 + 3067) / 444
=7.35

United Natural Foods's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(199 + 3481) / 368
=10.00

* 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.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Jan. 2024) EBITDA data.


United Natural Foods  (NYSE:UNFI) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


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United Natural Foods (United Natural Foods) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
313 Iron Horse Way, Providence, RI, USA, 02908
United Natural Foods Inc is a wholesale distributor of natural, organic and specialty foods and nonfood products across North America. The company's products consist of national, regional and private label brands grouped into grocery and general merchandise, produce, perishables and frozen foods, nutritional supplements and sports nutrition, bulk and foodservice products, and personal care items. United Natural Foods serves various retail formats including conventional supermarket chains, natural product superstores, independent retail operators and foodservice channels such as e-commerce platforms. The company's operations are comprised of principal divisions: the wholesale division; the retail division; and other.
Executives
Andre Persaud officer: President and CEO, Retail 30 HUNTER LANE, CAMP HILL PA 17011
Bates Ann Torre director 300 CONTINENTAL DRIVE, NEWARK DE 19713
John W Howard officer: Interim CFO 313 IRON HORSE WAY, PROVIDENCE RI 02908
Douglas J Alexander Jr director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 3925 BROOKSIDE PARKWAY, ALPHARETTA GA 30022
Lynn S. Blake director 250 WEST 34TH STREET, 3RD FLOOR, C/O WISDOMTREE INVESTMENTS, INC., NEW YORK NY 10119
James M Loree director 1000 STANLEY DRIVE, NEW BRITAIN CT 06053
James C Pappas director 1177 WEST LOOP SOUTH, SUITE 1320, HOUSTON TX 77027
Erin Horvath officer: COO 313 IRON HORSE WAY, C/O IRON HORSE WAY, PROVIDENCE RI 02908
Danielle Benedict officer: SVP, Human Resources 313 IRON HORSE WAY, PROVIDENCE RI 02908
Christopher P. Testa officer: President, Blue Marble Brands C/O UNITED NATURAL FOODS, INC., 313 IRON HORSE WAY, PROVIDENCE RI 02908
Richard Eric Esper officer: Chief Accounting Officer 8501 WILLIAMS ROAD, ESTERO FL 33928
Mahrukh Hussain officer: General Counsel and Corp. Sec. 313 IRON HORSE WAY, PROVIDENCE RI 02908
Louis Anthony Martin officer: CSTO 313 IRON HORSE WAY, PROVIDENCE RI 02908
Matthew T Echols officer: CCAO 313 IRON HORSE WAY, PROVIDENCE RI 02908
Mohammad Shamim director 12800 TUCKAHOE CREEK PARKWAY, RICHMOND VA 23238