Content preview from Fundamentals of Financial Management, Third Edition
- What is leverage? What are its different types?
- Leverage is a profit-raising tool.
- Its types are:
- ROI leverage
- Marginal-analysis leverage, such as operating leverage, fixed- charge leverage and combined leverage
- Financial leverage
- What is ROI leverage?
- ROI leverage = Profit margin x asset turnover. It means that profits can be raised through raising either/both of the two ratios
- What is operating leverage?
- It exists when changes in contribution margin produce greater changes in operating profit. DOL = MC/EBIT
- What is fixed charge leverage?
- It exists when changes in EBIT lead to greater changes in EBT. DFCL = EBIT/EBT
- What is combined leverage?
- It is a product of operating leverage and fixed-charge leverage. ...
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