Impact of Leverage on Total Payments to Security Holders
The firm’s earning stream, EBIT is unaffected by leverage. Incresing of leverage can be attributed entirely to tax savings resulting from the tax deductibility of interest payments. The increase in total payments to security holders is a key advantage flowing from the use of debt capital.
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Impact of Leverage on Total Payments to Security Holders
Impact of Leverage on Total Payments to Security Holders
The firm’s earning stream, EBIT is unaffected by leverage. Incresing of leverage can be attributed entirely to tax savings resulting from the tax deductibility of interest payments. The increase in total payments to security holders is a key advantage flowing from the use of debt capital.
Impact of Leverage on Total Payments to Security Holders
The firm’s earning stream, EBIT is unaffected by leverage. Incresing of leverage can be attributed entirely to tax savings resulting from the tax deductibility of interest payments. The increase in total payments to security holders is a key advantage flowing from the use of debt capital.
Impact of Leverage on Total Payments to Security Holders
The firms earning stream, EBIT is unaffected by leverage. Incresing of
leverage can be attributed entirely to tax savings resulting from the tax deductibility of interest payments. The increase in total payments to security holders is a key advantage flowing from the use of debt capital.
The Cost of Funds
As leverage increases both both bondholders and shareholders are subjected to increased risk. The risk includes risk of bankruptcy and risk of increased variability in annual returns. These assumptions reflect a fundamental trade off betwee risk and return. The required return on firms debt is the cost of debt capital ad the required return on the firms equity is the cost of equity capital