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fixed-charge coverage

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fixed-charge coverage
The number of times that a firm's operating income exceeds its fixed payments. Fixed-charge coverage is a measure of a firm's ability to meet contractually fixed payments, with high coverage indicating significant flexibility for making payments in the event that business conditions deteriorate and earnings decline. Expenses used in calculating fixed-charge coverage usually include interest, lease payments, preferred dividends, and principal payments on debt. Also called times fixed charges. Compare interest coverage.
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Based on Fitch's review of company reported earnings, Fitch calculates FR's recurring EBITDA fixed-charge coverage ratio, a measure in which Fitch excludes the effects of earnings from asset sales and also adjusts earnings to account for recurring capital expenditures and noncash rents, to be 1.
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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.
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In addition, the company's recurring fixed-charge coverage metrics have shown the company becoming increasingly reliant on transactional sources of income.
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