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What is Coverage Ratio?
Coverage ratio is a number that refers to a company’s ability to meet its obligations. Specifically, the ratio involves dividing the company’s income or cash flow with a certain expense and this will determine the company’s financial solvency.
Some common ratios include fixed-charge coverage ratio, debt service coverage ratio, times interest earned and interest coverage ratio. You can, however, regard many measures of a company’s ability to cover its debts as coverage ratios.
The magical number that is to be achieved and indicates that a company’s financial health is intact is 1.0. Any ratio that is equal to or greater than 1.0 is a telltale sign that company’s earnings and cash flow are able to meet all of its obligations. If you find companies that have ratios that are below 1.0 then that will tell you that the company may or may not be able to fulfill its financial responsibilities.
Coverage ratios do give a measure of a company’s ability to meet expenses and is one indicator of a company’s overall financial health. However, the ratios only include the company’s current earnings and the company’s current expenses. This does not necessarily give you the most complete picture. The information will only be able to tell you if the company is able to meet its short-term obligations.
The SEC requires that public companies publicize their procedures for calculating their ratios and other financial measures. It should be known that coverage ratio standards differ dependent upon which industry the company represents.
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Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS)
BKS, the world’s largest bookseller, reported that its Board of Directors has amended BKS’s Shareholder Rights Plan.
The changes to the Rights Plan reflect input from BKS’ shareholders and enhance shareholder protections under the Rights Plan by further restricting the accumulation of shares by grandfathered individuals and entities.
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Calpine Corporation (NYSE:CPN)
CPN has signed an agreement to sell a 25% undivided interest in the 1,038 MW Freestone Energy Center to Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative Inc. for $215 million.
The combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant is located near Fairfield, Texas, in the North Zone of ERCOT.
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HickoryTech Corporation (Nasdaq:HTCO)
HTCO reported that its Board of Directors voted to declare a quarterly dividend of $0.135 per share, representing a 3.7 percent increase over the previous $0.13 per share dividend.
The $0.135 dividend is payable on Dec. 5, 2010 to shareholders of record on Nov. 15, 2010. HTCO has a long history of paying a cash dividend to shareholders that spans more than 60 years.
HTCO last increased its quarterly dividend in 2008.
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