What is the cash flow generation from the loan portfolio, and does it comfortably cover the declared dividends?
Answer (based on the information provided):
The short pressârelease you quoted does not contain the specific numbers you are asking about. It only tells us that Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corporation (FC) released its sixâmonth financial statements (for the period endingâŻJuneâŻ30âŻ2025) and announced the declaration of its Octoberâ and Novemberâmonth cash dividends. The release does not disclose:
- Cashâflow generated by the loan portfolio (e.g., net cash flow from interest, principal repayments, or other portfolioârelated sources); nor
- The relationship between that cashâflow amount and the dividends that have been declared (i.e., whether the cash flow âcomfortablyâ covers the dividend payments).
What you would need to answer the question definitively:
Cashâflow figures from the corporationâs loan portfolio for the sixâmonth period (or at least the most recent quarter). In an FCâtype mortgage investment corporation, this is usually presented as ânet cash flow from loan portfolioâ or âcash flow generated by the loan portfolioâ in the Management Discussion & Analysis (MD&A) section of the financial statements.
Dividend amounts (the cashâdividend per unit for October and November, or the total dividend payout for the period). These figures are usually provided in the same press release or in the accompanying dividend announcement.
A simple comparison:
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\text{Cashâflow from loan portfolio} \; \text{vs.} \; \text{Total declared dividends}
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If the cashâflow figure is substantially larger than the total declared dividend (e.g., 1.5â2Ă or more), it would be reasonable to say that the cashâflow âcomfortablyâ covers the dividend. If the cashâflow is only marginally above the dividend amount, or below it, the answer would be different.
What to do next:
- Review the full sixâmonth financial statements (the full press release or the attached PDF on the GlobeâŻNewswire page) to locate the âCash flow generated by loan portfolioâ line item.
- Locate the dividend declaration (often a separate âDividend Announcementâ or a line in the press release that states the cashâdividend per unit for October and November).
- Calculate the ratio of cashâflow to declared dividends.
Bottom line: The provided excerpt does not give the cashâflow amount or the dividend amount, so we cannot determine from this information alone whether the cash flow generation from the loan portfolio comfortably covers the declared dividends. You will need to consult the full financial release or the corporationâs detailed financial statements to obtain those figures and perform the comparison.