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FAT Brands (FAT Brands) Financial Strength : 3 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is FAT Brands Financial Strength?

FAT Brands has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

Warning Sign:

FAT Brands Inc displays poor financial strength. Usually, this is caused by too much debt for the company.

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.

FAT Brands did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. FAT Brands's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.18. As of today, FAT Brands's Altman Z-Score is 0.04.


Competitive Comparison of FAT Brands's Financial Strength

For the Restaurants subindustry, FAT Brands'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.


FAT Brands's Financial Strength Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

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

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



FAT Brands 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:

FAT Brands's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-33.3 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-3.5 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,322.1 Mil.

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

FAT Brands did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. FAT Brands Incs earnings cannot cover its interest expense. If the situation continues, the company may have to issue more debt.

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

FAT Brands'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
=(59.865 + 1322.052) / 634.544
=2.18

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.

FAT Brands has a Z-score of 0.04, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.04 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.


FAT Brands  (NAS:FAT) 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.

FAT Brands has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.


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FAT Brands (FAT Brands) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
9720 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA, USA, 90212
FAT Brands Inc is a multi-brand restaurant franchising company. It develops, markets, acquires and manages quick service, fast casual, casual dining and polished casual dining restaurant concepts around the world. The company operates as a franchisor of restaurants, where the company generally does not own or operate the restaurant locations but rather generates revenue by charging franchisees an initial franchise fee as well as ongoing royalties. For some of the company's brands, it also directly owns and operates restaurant locations. The primary sources of revenue are the sale of food and beverages at company restaurants and the collection of royalties, franchise fees and advertising revenue from sales of food and beverages at franchised restaurants.
Executives
Andrew Wiederhorn director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O WILSHIRE FINANCIAL SERVICES INC, 1776 SW MADISON STREET, PORTLAND OR 97205
John Stephen Allen director P.O. BOX 2732, GEARHART OR 97138
James G Ellis director C/O QUIKSILVER, INC., 15202 GRAHAM STREET, HUNTINGTON BEACH CA 92649
Fog Cutter Holdings, Llc 10 percent owner 9720 WILSHIRE BLVD, SUITE 500, BEVERLY HILLS CA 90212
Matthew Green director
Peter R Feinstein director
John Cameron Metz director 13153 FABERGE PLACE, PALM BEACH GARDENS FL 33418
Kenneth Kepp director 27929 SW 95TH AVENUE, SUITE 1101, WILSONVILLE OR 97070
Mark Elenowitz director 400 PROFESSIONAL DRIVE, SUITE 310, GAITHERSBURG MD 20879
Tyler Berchtold Child director P.O. BOX 254, ROSS CA 94957
Vidal Paba Maria Carmen director CARRER CAVALLERS NUMBER 56-58, 4TH FLOOR 1ST DOOR, BARCELONA U3 08034
Mason Alan Wiederhorn director 9720 WILSHIRE BLVD., PH, BEVERLY HILLS CA 90212
Lynne Leigh Collier director 8523 FOREST HILLS BLVD, DALLAS TX 75218
John Squire Junger director 16600 PARK LANE CIRCLE, LOS ANGELES CA 90049
Taylor Andrew Wiederhorn officer: Chief Development Officer 9720 WILSHIRE BLVD,, SUITE 500, BEVERLY HILLS CA 90212