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For every metric space X we introduce two cardinal characteristics $cov^{♭}(X)$ and $cov^{♯}(X)$ describing the capacity of balls in X. We prove that these cardinal characteristics are invariant under coarse equivalence, and that two ultrametric spaces X,Y are coarsely equivalent if $cov^{♭}(X) = cov^{♯}(X) = cov^{♭}(Y) = cov^{♯}(Y)$. This implies that an ultrametric space X is coarsely equivalent to an isometrically homogeneous ultrametric space if and only if $cov^{♭}(X) = cov^{♯}(X)$. Moreover, two isometrically homogeneous ultrametric spaces X,Y are coarsely equivalent if and only if $cov^{♯}(X) = cov^{♯}(Y)$ if and only if each of them coarsely embeds into the other. This means that the coarse structure of an isometrically homogeneous ultrametric space X is completely determined by the value of the cardinal $cov^{♯}(X) = cov^{♭}(X)$.