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NAME CLASS DIV

:- Akash Santosh Shinde. :- TY BMS :- A

ROLL NO :-202

IMPORTANCE OF LEVERAGE
1 Leverages indicates the ability of the firm to use fixed cost assets or fixed cost funds to magnify the returns to its shareholders. 2 Leverages helps in examining a relative change in the profits due to change in the sales. 3 Leverages helps in determining the increase or decrease in profits that occurs on account of fixed operating cost as well as fixed Financial cost. 4 Leverages helps in bifurcating the fixed costs into fixed operating cost and fixed financial costs and thus examine its impact on the profit of the firm at differently. 5 Leverages helps in determining the Earnings per share (EPS) of the company.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OPERATING LEVERAGE AND FINANCIAL LEVERAGE.


OPERATING LEVERAGE
1 The objective of operating leverage is to magnify the effect of changes in sales on EBIT. 2 It is known as first stage Leverage. 3 It affects earnings before interest and tax 4 It relates with Investment decisions. 5 It relates with to the Assets side of the Balance sheet. 6 It deals with Operating risk of being unable to cover fixed operating cost

FINANCIAL LEVERAGE
1 The objective of financial leverage is to magnify the effect of changes in EBIT on EPS. 2 It is known as second stage Leverage. 3 It affects earnings after interest and tax 4 It relates with Financing decisions. 5 It relates with to the Liabilities side of the Balance sheet. 6 It deals with Financial risk of being unable to cover fixed operating cost

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