First-pass checks on thin-file business borrowers

When you’re sizing a $250k working-capital LOC and the applicant brings only two years of returns and six months of bank statements, what’s your first-pass framework? I’m weighing DSCR and global cash flow against bank balance volatility and supplier concentration, with covenant feasibility in mind, but I’m curious which benchmarks or red flags you rely on at that stage — purely general approaches, since policies vary and folks should follow their institution’s credit policy and do their own research.

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I start by building a quick ‘bank‑statement FCCR’: average monthly operating deposits divided by rent + payroll + existing term debt + proposed LOC interest; under about 1.2x with 2+ NSFs in six months is my early yellow flag — if the tank’s near empty every month, I don’t schedule the road trip. Do you treat large owner draws as fixed charges in that first pass?

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