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    ejohnson4256 Posts: 10, Reputation: 1
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    Sep 2, 2011, 04:31 PM
    How do I calculate fixed payment coverage ratio?
    This is what I came up with. Are parts 1, 2, and 3 correct? Thanks in advance!

    Lever Age pays an 8 percent coupon on outstanding debt with face value $10 million. The firm's EBIT was $1 million.
    1. What is times interest earned?
    2. If depreciation is $200,000, what is cash coverage?
    3. If the firm must retire $300,000 of debt for the sinking fund each year, what is its "fixed payment cash-coverage ratio" (the ratio of cash flow to interest plus other fixed debt payments)?
    1. 1mil/800,000 = 1.25
    2. (1 mil + 200,000)/800,000 = 1.5
    3. 1,500,000/1,300,000 = 1.2
    Fixed payment ratio= EBIT + other debt/ interest + other debt.
    It's similar to the equation used for TIE (EBIT/ total interest payable) but, you add debt to the numerator and denominator.
    EBIT is 1mil + debt is 500,000, which is 1,500,00. Then divide that by interest payable (8% of 10mil) 800,000 + other debts 500,000 (200,000 +300,000) = 1,300,000. So 1,500,000/1,300,000 = 1.2
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    Feb 8, 2012, 01:54 PM

    Lever Age pays a(n) 10% rate of interest on $10.2 million of outstanding debt with face value $10.2 million. The firm's EBIT was $1.2 million.

    a.
    What is times interest earned? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

    Times interest earned

    b.
    If depreciation is $220,000, what is cash coverage? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

    Cash coverage

    c.
    If the firm must retire $320,000 of debt for the sinking fund each year, what is its “fixed-payment cash-coverage ratio” (the ratio of cash flow to interest plus other fixed debt payments)? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

    Fixed-payment cash-coverage ratio
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    Feb 8, 2012, 01:56 PM
    I need help with finding the fixed-payment cash-coverage ratio
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    Jan 26, 2013, 05:42 PM
    The answer to number 3 is incorrect.

    Fixed = EBIT + depreciation/ interest + other debt

    (1,000,000 +200,000)/(800,000 + 300,000) = 1.09

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