Eagle Point Income Company Inc. (NYSE: EIC) is a publicly traded, non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The company's primary investment objective is to generate high current income, with a secondary objective to generate capital appreciation. EIC seeks to achieve its objectives by investing primarily in junior debt tranches of collateralized loan obligations (CLOs). CLOs are securitized vehicles that hold portfolios of senior secured loans. EIC's investment strategy focuses on identifying and investing in CLO tranches that offer attractive risk-adjusted returns. The company is managed by Eagle Point Credit Management LLC, an investment adviser specializing in CLO and credit investments. EIC provides investors with exposure to a diversified portfolio of CLO debt, offering a potential source of high current income. The company regularly distributes income to its shareholders.
How many years of EBITDA are required to pay off the company's net debt, according to the official accounting standard IFRS16. As a market consensus, a value of up to 3 years of leverage is accepted for most companies.
How much the company's debt represents in % in relation to its equity. As a market consensus, a value less than or equal to 1 is accepted, above that leverage can end up hurting the final result at some point.
The current ratio helps investors understand more about a company's ability to cover its short-term debt with its current assets and make apples-to-apples comparisons with its competitors and peers.
The quick ratio measures a company's capacity to pay its current liabilities without needing to sell its inventory or obtain additional financing and is considered a more conservative measure than the current ratio, which includes all current assets as coverage for current liabilities.
The interest coverage ratio is used to measure how well a firm can pay the interest due on outstanding debt and is is calculated by dividing a company's earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) by its interest expense during a given period. Generally, a higher coverage ratio is better, although the ideal ratio may vary by industry.
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