DSCR Calculator
The debt service coverage ratio is net operating income divided by total debt service — principal plus interest. Enter your numbers to get your DSCR, see whether it clears your lender's minimum, and find the largest annual payment your cash flow actually supports.
Your coverage
1.50x
Clears the 1.25x minimum
Total annual debt service
$1,200,000
Max debt service at 1.25x
$1,440,000
NOI cushion above the covenant
$300,000
NOI needs to hold at $1,500,000 to stay at 1.25x.
Simplified estimate using the standard DSCR definition. Credit agreements define NOI and debt service precisely — add-backs, capital leases, cash taxes, and required reserves all move the number a lender computes.
A DSCR below the covenant is a breach even when every payment has been made on time, which is why the ratio is worth watching monthly rather than at year end. For the full picture against both of the covenants that bind middle-market borrowers, run the Covenant Headroom Calculator or read the walkthrough in DSCR Ratio: What It Is & How to Calculate. If the ratio is tightening, a turnaround CFO builds the bridge to your credit agreement and the plan back into compliance. Book a working session.
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