What is meant by the term leverage? How are operating leverage, financial leverage, and total leverage...
What is meant by the term leverage? How are operating leverage, financial leverage, and total leverage related to the income statement?
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In financial analysis:
Leverage means the influence of one
financial variable over some other related financial variable.
These financial variables can be sales, contribution, variable or fixed costs, Earnings Before Interest and Tax, Earning per share.
operating leverage, financial leverage, and total leverage are
related to the income statement because it shows the effect of one
variable/component of income statement on another
variable/component of the income statement.
It can be understood clearly from these formulas.
operating leverage= Contribution/EBIT
financial leverage= EBIT/EBT
total leverage= Contribution/EBT
Contribution=sales- variable cost.
EBIT= earnings before interest and tax.
EBT= earnings before tax.
The above 3 are variable/component of the income statement.
As one the financial consultant, evaluate the above passage on capital structure and advise the board of director according
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estimated percent increase in net operating income of a 5% increase
in sales?
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expenses and total fixed expenses were reversed. In other words,
assume that the total variable expenses are $8,400 and the total
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expenses and total fixed expenses were reversed. In other words,
assume that the total variable expenses are $8,400 and the total
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total sales remain the same, what is the degree of operating...
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expenses and total fixed expenses were reversed. In other words,
assume that the total variable expenses are $8,400 and the total
fixed expenses are $21,000. Under this scenario and assuming that
total sales remain the same, what is the degree of operating...
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2. Using the degree of operating leverage, estimate the impact
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3. Construct a new contribution format income statement for
the company assuming a 18% increase in sales.
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