Chicago Rivet & Machine
| Basis | Payout | Why |
|---|---|---|
| GAAP earnings | negative | whyLost $1.12 per share — no earnings to pay from. |
| Operating cash flow | negative | whyOperations consumed $1.23m of cash. |
| Free cash flow | negative | whyOCF fell $1.56m short of capex — the dividend was not funded from free cash flow. |
Nothing is marked as applying, deliberately — no basis produces a ratio. Earnings, operating cash flow and free cash flow are all negative, so there is no denominator to divide the dividend by. That is not a gap in the data; it is the answer. The dividend was funded from something other than the money the business made this year — borrowing, cash on hand, or asset sales — and the filing will say which.
Coverage rating 2 / 100 — Not covered. ? Peer standing 2/50Direction 0/30Stability 0/20
Free cash flow payout, last 6 years
| Fiscal year | Payout |
|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | 83.3% |
| 2017-12-31 | 67.1% |
| 2016-12-31 | 47.8% |
| 2015-12-31 | 47.2% |
| 2014-12-31 | 173.8% |
| 2012-12-31 | 54.6% |
Coverage has deteriorated three years running, 47.2% to 83.3%. Still covered, but moving the wrong way.
4% of the 118 industrials here pay out more — at the demanding end.
The arithmetic
- GAAP earnings — dividends declared per share $0.120 ÷ diluted EPS $-1.12
- Operating cash flow — dividends paid $116k ÷ operating cash flow $-1.23m
- Free cash flow — dividends paid $116k ÷ (operating cash flow $-1.23m − capex $332k)
Where the figures came from
- 10-K filed 2026-03-24 · accession 0000019871-26-000004
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Computed by an open pipeline reading SEC XBRL directly. If any number here looks wrong to you, tell us — that is more useful to us than agreement.
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