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• debt coverage ratio — UK US noun [C] (ABBREVIATION DCR, also debt service coverage ratio, also debt service ratio) ► FINANCE a measurement used to decide whether a person, company, or country can afford to pay back a loan, calculated by dividing the income that is… …   Financial and business terms

• Debt service coverage ratio — The debt service coverage ratio (DSCR), also known as debt coverage ratio, is the ratio of cash available for debt servicing to interest, principal and lease payments. It is a popular benchmark used in the measurement of an entity s (person or… …   Wikipedia

• debt service coverage ratio — A simple comparison of the cash available to make principal and interest payments to the bank or to bond holders with the amount of those required principal and interest payments. Debt service coverage is expressed as a ratio with the annual net… …   Financial and business terms

• Debt-Service Coverage Ratio - DSCR — In corporate finance, it is the amount of cash flow available to meet annual interest and principal payments on debt, including sinking fund payments. In government finance, it is the amount of export earnings needed to meet annual interest and… …   Investment dictionary

• Coverage Ratio — A measure of a company s ability to meet its financial obligations. In broad terms, the higher the coverage ratio, the better the ability of the enterprise to fulfill its obligations to its lenders. The trend of coverage ratios over time is also… …   Investment dictionary

• Liquidity Coverage Ratio - LCR — Highly liquid assets held by financial institutions in order to meet short term obligations. The Liquidity coverage ratio is designed to ensure that financial institutions have the necessary assets on hand to ride out short term liquidity… …   Investment dictionary

• ratio — the proportional relationship of one thing to another * * * ratio ra‧ti‧o [ˈreɪʆiəʊ ǁ ˈreɪʆoʊ] noun [countable] a relationship between two amounts that is represented by a pair of numbers showing how much greater one amount is than the other: •… …   Financial and business terms

• Cash flow loan — is a sort of debt financing, in which a bank lends funds against cash flows that a borrowing company generates. To secure repayment, the bank covenants a borrower on such levels and ratios as enterprise value, EBITDA, total interest coverage… …   Wikipedia

• Coverage ratios — Ratios used to test the adequacy of cash flows generated through earnings for purposes of meeting debt and lease obligations, including the interest coverage ratio and the fixed charge coverage ratio. The New York Times Financial Glossary …   Financial and business terms

• coverage ratios — Ratios used to test the adequacy of cash flows generated through earnings for purposes of meeting debt and lease obligations, including the interest coverage ratio and the fixed charge coverage ratio. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …   Financial and business terms

• debt service coverage — ( DSC) The margin by which all of a borrower s or bond issuer s required principal payments (not just those for the loan under consideration or just those for loans to one bank) are exceeded by the sum of the firm s cash flow plus all of the… …   Financial and business terms