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Utz Brands (Utz Brands) Interest Coverage : 0.54 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Utz Brands Interest Coverage?

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. Utz Brands's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $8 Mil. Utz Brands's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-15 Mil. Utz Brands's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.54. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Utz Brands's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

UTZ' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.11   Med: 0.33   Max: 0.55
Current: 0.4


UTZ's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
97.11% of 1382 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 8.44 vs UTZ: 0.40

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


Utz Brands Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Utz Brands'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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Utz Brands Interest Coverage Chart

Utz Brands Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.55 N/A 0.28 0.11 0.40

Utz Brands Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 0.64 - 0.20 0.92 0.54

Competitive Comparison of Utz Brands's Interest Coverage

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Utz Brands'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.


Utz Brands's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Utz Brands's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Utz Brands's Interest Coverage falls into.



Utz Brands 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.

Utz Brands's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Utz Brands's Interest Expense was $-59 Mil. Its Operating Income was $23 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $942 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*23.367/-59.034
=0.40

Utz Brands's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Utz Brands's Interest Expense was $-15 Mil. Its Operating Income was $8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $942 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*8.252/-15.184
=0.54

* 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.


Utz Brands  (NYSE:UTZ) 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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Utz Brands (Utz Brands) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
900 High Street, Hanover, PA, USA, 17331
Utz Brands Inc is a snack food manufacturing company. It manufactures a diverse portfolio of salty snacks under popular brands including Utz, Zapp's, Golden Flake, Good Health, Boulder Canyon, Hawaiian, TORTIYAHS!, among others. The company's products include potato chips, pretzels, cheese snacks, pork skins, pub/party mixes, and veggie snacks. Its products are distributed nationally and internationally through grocery, mass merchant, club, convenience, drug, and other channels. It operates in the given segment: the manufacturing, distribution, marketing and sale of snack food products.
Executives
Theresa Robbins Shea officer: EVP and General Counsel 900 HIGH STREET, HANOVER PA 17331
Jennifer Bentz officer: EVP, Insights, Innov & Mktg 900 HIGH STREET, HANOVER PA 17331
Dylan Lissette director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 860 WESTMINSTER AVENUE, HANOVER PA 17331
Roger K Deromedi director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman 900 HIGH STREET, HANOVER PA 17331
Chinh Chu 10 percent owner THE BLACKSTONE GROUP, 345 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10154
Cc Collier Holdings, Llc 10 percent owner C/O CC CAPITAL, 200 PARK AVENUE, 58TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10166
Howard A Friedman director, officer: CEO 900 HIGH STREET, HANOVER PA 17331
Chad Whyte officer: EVP, Supply Chain 900 HIGH STREET, HANOVER PA 17331
Pamela J Stewart director 900 HIGH STREET, HANOVER PA 17331
Shannan Redcay officer: EVP, Manufacturing 900 HIGH STREET, HANOVER PA 17331
Cary Devore officer: EVP & CFO 900 HIGH STREET, HANOVER PA 17331
Shane Chambers officer: EVP & Chief Growth Officer 900 HIGH STREET, HANOVER PA 17331
John W Altmeyer director 946 HIGHMEADOW COURT, LANCASTER PA 17601
Antonio F. Fernandez director C/O PINNACLE FOODS INC., 399 JEFFERSON ROAD, PARSIPPANY NJ 07054
Ajay Kataria officer: EVP, Finance & Accounting 900 HIGH STREET, HANOVER PA 17331