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Wayfair (Wayfair) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Wayfair Financial Strength?

Wayfair has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

Warning Sign:

Wayfair 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.

Wayfair did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. Wayfair's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.34. As of today, Wayfair's Altman Z-Score is 1.72.


Competitive Comparison of Wayfair's Financial Strength

For the Internet Retail subindustry, Wayfair'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.


Wayfair's Financial Strength Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

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

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



Wayfair 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:

Wayfair's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-2 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-172 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,954 Mil.

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

Wayfair did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

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

Wayfair'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
=(250 + 3954) / 12456
=0.34

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.

Wayfair has a Z-score of 1.72, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.72 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.


Wayfair  (NYSE:W) 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.

Wayfair has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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Wayfair (Wayfair) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4 Copley Place, Boston, MA, USA, 02116
Wayfair engages in e-commerce in the United States (86% of 2022 sales), Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Ireland. At the end of 2022, the firm offered more than 40 million products from more than 20,000 suppliers under the brands Wayfair, Joss & Main, AllModern, Birch Lane, and Perigold. Its offerings include furniture, everyday and seasonal decor, decorative accents, housewares, and other home goods. Wayfair was founded in 2002 and began trading publicly in 2014.
Executives
Niraj Shah director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Steven Conine director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Thomas Netzer officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Jon Blotner officer: Chief Commercial Officer C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Kate Gulliver officer: CFO and Chief Admin Officer 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Fiona Tan officer: Chief Technology Officer 41 DISCOVERY, IRVINE CA 92618
Anke Schaferkordt director C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Steve Oblak officer: SVP and GM, Wayfair.com C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Michael D Fleisher officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Michael W. Choe director C/O CHARLESBANK CAPITAL PARTNERS, 200 CLARENDON STREET, 54TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02109
James R. Miller director 4050 EAST COTTON CENTER BLVD. 6-68, PHOENIX AZ 85040
Jeremy King director C/O WAYFAIR LLC, 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Michael Andrew Kumin director, 10 percent owner C/O GREAT HILL PARTNERS, L.P., 200 CLARENDON STREET, 29TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Edmond Macri officer: SVP, Marketing and Analytics C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Michael E Sneed director JOHNSON & JOHNSON, ONE JOHNSON & JOHNSON PLAZA, NEW BRUNSWICK NJ 08933