Covenant Headroom Calculator
This Covenant Headroom Calculator shows how much room you have before a loan covenant binds. The two that trip most middle-market borrowers are DSCR and leverage — enter your numbers to see where you stand against each, and how far EBITDA could fall before you breach.
Your covenant position
DSCR
Covenant: ≥ 1.20x · higher is safer
1.85x
In compliance
Leverage
Covenant: ≤ 3.00x · lower is safer
2.50x
In compliance
EBITDA headroom before a covenant trips
$400,000
EBITDA could fall to about $2,000,000 before the tighter covenant binds.
Simplified estimate using standard DSCR and funded-debt/EBITDA definitions. Real credit agreements define these terms precisely (add-backs, leases, cash netting). A turnaround CFO builds the exact bridge to your agreement.
Headroom is the whole game in a lender relationship: knowing it early is the difference between a managed conversation and a default. If a covenant looks tight, a turnaround CFO builds the exact bridge to your credit agreement and the plan back into compliance. If a covenant has already breached and the lender is discussing relief, a forbearance CFO runs the weekly reporting the agreement requires. Book a working session.
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