Franchise Group (Franchise Group) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Jun. 2023)

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What is Franchise Group Financial Strength?

Franchise Group has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

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.

Franchise Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was 0.27. Franchise Group's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was 0.68. As of today, Franchise Group's Altman Z-Score is 1.48.

Competitive Comparison of Franchise Group's Financial Strength

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Franchise Group'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.

Franchise Group's Financial Strength Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Franchise Group's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Franchise Group's Financial Strength falls into.

Franchise Group 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:

Franchise Group's Interest Expense for the months ended in Jun. 2023 was $-83 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Jun. 2023 was $23 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was $2,301 Mil.

Franchise Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 is

Interest Coverage	=	-1	*	Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2023 )	/	Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2023 )
	=	-1	*	22.5	/	-83.364
	=	0.27

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

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

Franchise Group's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio	=	Total Debt (Q: Jun. 2023 )			/	Revenue
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Revenue
	=	(533.586	+	2300.898)	/	4154.744
	=	0.68

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.

Franchise Group has a Z-score of 1.48, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.48 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.

Franchise Group (NAS:FRG) 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.

Franchise Group has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

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Franchise Group (Franchise Group) Business Description

Industry

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Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

109 Innovation Court, Suite J, Delaware, OH, USA, 43015

Website

https://www.franchisegrp.com

Franchise Group Inc is a personal services company that provides retail federal and state income tax preparation services and related tax settlement products. The vast majority of these offices operate in the United States under the Liberty Tax Service and SiempreTax+ brand names. Liberty Tax also provides online do-it-yourself tax programs within the U.S. The sale of financial products and tax preparation service fees also contribute to sizable percentages of the company's total income. Liberty Tax also operates a smaller portfolio of wholly-owned company offices. The company's reportable segments are Vitamin Shoppe, Pet Supplies Plus, Badcock, American Freight, Buddy's and Sylvan.

Executives

Daniel Meitner Ondeck	10 percent owner	13301 BEALL CREEK CT., POTOMAC MD 20854
Richard W Riley	10 percent owner	B RILEY AND CO, 11100 SANTA MONICA BLVD STE 800, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Bryant R Riley	director, 10 percent owner	C/O B. RILEY FINANCIAL, INC., 21255 BURBANK BLVD, SUITE 400, WOODLAND HILLS CA 91367
Kelleher Thomas J /adv	10 percent owner	C/O B. RILEY FINANCIAL, INC., 21255 BURBANK BLVD, SUITE 400, WOODLAND HILLS CA 91367
Randall E Paulson	10 percent owner
Nanhi Singh	director	109 INNOVATION COURT, SUITE J, DELAWARE OH 43015
Gary S Rich	director	C/O THE READER'S DIGEST ASSOCIATION, READER'S DIGEST ROAD, PLEASANTVILLE NY 10570
Brian Randall Kahn	director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer	5506 WORSHAM COURT, WINDERMERE FL 34786
Patrick A Cozza	director	C/O HSBC INSURANCE, 545 WASHINGTON BLVD, JERSEY CITY NJ 07310
Lee A. Wright	officer: Chief Commercial Officer	C/O DIAMOND CASTLE HOLDINGS, LLC, 280 PARK AVENUE, 25TH FLOOR, EAST TOWER, NEW YORK NY 10017
Andrew M Laurence	director	C/O API TECHNOLOGIES CORP., ONE NORTH WACKER DRIVE SUITE 4400, CHICAGO IL 60606
Cynthia S Dubin	director	1200 E. MARKET STREET, SUITE 650, AKRON OH 44305
Lisa M Fairfax	director	2387 LIBERTY WAY, VIRGINIA BEACH VA 23456
Vintage Capital Management Llc	director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer	4705 S APOPKA VINELAND ROAD SUITE 210, ORLANDO FL 32819
B. Riley Financial, Inc.	10 percent owner	11100 SANTA MONICA BLVD, SUITE 800, LOS ANGELES CA 90025