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US Foods Holding (US Foods Holding) Financial Strength : 6 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is US Foods Holding Financial Strength?

US Foods Holding has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.

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.

US Foods Holding's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.65. US Foods Holding's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.15. As of today, US Foods Holding's Altman Z-Score is 4.09.


Competitive Comparison of US Foods Holding's Financial Strength

For the Food Distribution subindustry, US Foods Holding'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.


US Foods Holding's Financial Strength Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, US Foods Holding's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where US Foods Holding's Financial Strength falls into.



US Foods Holding 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:

US Foods Holding's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-80 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $292 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $4,829 Mil.

US Foods Holding'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*292/-80
=3.65

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

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

US Foods Holding'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
=(373 + 4829) / 35744
=0.15

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.

US Foods Holding has a Z-score of 4.09, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 4.09 is strong.

* 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.


US Foods Holding  (NYSE:USFD) 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.

US Foods Holding has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.


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US Foods Holding (US Foods Holding) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
9399 West Higgins Road, Suite 100, Rosemont, IL, USA, 60018
us Foods is the second-largest U.S. food service distributor behind Sysco, holding 11% market share of the highly fragmented food service distribution industry. us Foods distributes more than 400,000 food and nonfood products to the healthcare and hospitality industries (collectively 22% of 2021 sales), restaurants (61%), and education, government facilities, and grocers (17%). In addition to its delivery business, the firm has 80 cash-and- carry stores under the Chef'Store banner. After Sysco's attempt to purchase us Foods failed to gain federal approval in 2015, us Foods entered the public market via an initial public offering.
Executives
Scott D. Ferguson director 250 WEST 55TH STREET, 34TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Poe David L Jr officer: EVP, Chief Merchant 9399 W. HIGGINS RD., SUITE 100, ROSEMONT IL 60018
Martha Ha officer: EVP, General Counsel 9399 W. HIGGINS RD., SUITE 100, ROSEMONT IL 60018
James D Sturgell officer: EVP, Chief Commercial Officer 9399 W. HIGGINS RD., SUITE 100, ROSEMONT IL 60018
Randy J Taylor officer: EVP, Field Operations 9399 W. HIGGINS RD., SUITE 100, ROSEMONT IL 60018
Steven Guberman officer: Chief Merchandising Officer C/O US FOODS HOLDING CORP., 9399 W. HIGGINS RD., STE 100, ROSEMONT IL 60018
Andrew E. Iacobucci officer: Chief Merchandising Officer C/O US FOODS HOLDING CORP., 9399 W. HIGGINS RD., ROSEMONT IL 60018
Kkr Group Co. Inc. 10 percent owner 30 HUDSON YARDS, NEW YORK NY 10001
Kkr Fresh Holdings L.p. 10 percent owner C/O KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO. L.P., 30 HUDSON YARDS, NEW YORK NY 10001
Kkr Group Partnership L.p. 10 percent owner C/O KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO. L.P., 30 HUDSON YARDS, NEW YORK NY 10001
Sunil Gupta director C/O US FOODS HOLDING CORP., 9399 W HIGGINS RD, SUITE 100, ROSEMONT IL 60018
Jay Kvasnicka officer: See Remarks C/O US FOODS HOLDING CORP., 9399 W. HIGGINS RD., STE 100, ROSEMONT IL 60018
David E Flitman officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O NALCO COMPANY, 1601 WEST DIEHL ROAD, NAPERVILLE IL 60563
Works James David Jr officer: EVP & CHRO 4001 RODNEY PARHAM RD, LITTLE ROCK AR 72212
Dirk J. Locascio officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O US FOODS HOLDING CORP., 9399 W. HIGGINS RD., ROSEMONT IL 60018