Practicing Success
.............is a situation of favourable Financial leverage. |
ROI < Cost of Debt ROI > Cost of Debt ROI = Cost of Debt EPS = Cost of Debt |
ROI > Cost of Debt |
The proportion of debt in the overall capital is also called financial leverage. Financial leverage is computed as D/E or / (D + E), when D is the Debt and E is the Equity. As the financial leverage increases, the cost of funds declines because of increased use of cheaper debt but the financial risk increases. |