|
|
For the Nine Months
Ended |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
July
31, |
|
Year
Ended |
|
|
2017 |
|
2016 |
|
2016 |
|
2015 |
|
2014 |
|
2013 |
|
2012 |
|
Earnings: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from Continuing Operations |
|
$ |
27,292 |
|
$ |
25,132 |
|
$ |
36,031 |
|
$ |
29,838 |
|
$ |
29,032 |
|
$ |
28,856 |
|
$ |
27,490 |
|
Add: Interest Expense |
|
|
9,800 |
|
|
9,751 |
|
|
12,983 |
|
|
13,475 |
|
|
10,235 |
|
|
9,094 |
|
|
9,148 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total earnings available to cover fixed
charges |
|
$ |
37,092 |
|
$ |
34,883 |
|
$ |
49,014 |
|
$ |
43,313 |
|
$ |
39,267 |
|
$ |
37,950 |
|
$ |
36,638 |
|
|
|
Fixed Charges (Interest Expense
Only): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest Expense |
|
$ |
9,800 |
|
$ |
9,751 |
|
$ |
12,983 |
|
$ |
13,475 |
|
$ |
10,235 |
|
$ |
9,094 |
|
$ |
9,148 |
|
|
|
Total Fixed Charges Including Interest
Expense and Preferred Stock Dividends: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest Expense |
|
$ |
9,800 |
|
$ |
9,751 |
|
$ |
12,983 |
|
$ |
13,475 |
|
$ |
10,235 |
|
$ |
9,094 |
|
$ |
9,148 |
|
Preferred Stock Dividends |
|
|
10,711 |
|
|
10,710 |
|
|
14,280 |
|
|
14,605 |
|
|
13,812 |
|
|
14,949 |
|
|
13,267 |
|
Allocations pursuant to EITF Topic
D-42 |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
1,870 |
|
|
4,233 |
|
|
2,027 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Fixed Charges |
|
$ |
20,511 |
|
$ |
20,461 |
|
$ |
27,263 |
|
$ |
28,080 |
|
$ |
25,917 |
|
$ |
28,276 |
|
$ |
24,442 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges |
|
|
3.78 |
|
|
3.58 |
|
|
3.78 |
|
|
3.21 |
|
|
3.84 |
(1) |
|
4.17 |
(1) |
|
4.01 |
(1) |
Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges
and Preferred Dividends |
|
|
1.81 |
|
|
1.70 |
|
|
1.80 |
|
|
1.54 |
|
|
1.52 |
|
|
1.34 |
|
|
1.50 |
|