AAKASHAYA PATRA SEVEN STAR SMART EDUCATION SERIES PART – 63 : 25.10.2020
Financial Ratios - Leverage Ratios. Leverage ratios measure the extent to which a company relies on debt financing in comparison to equity financing in its capital structure. Debt involves borrowing money to be repaid, plus interest, while equity involves raising money by selling interests in the company.Companies normally prefer debt financing rather than equity financing. This is because of the cost of debt is lower than the cost of equity mainly because of one important fact that interest payment on debt in tax deductible while the dividend paid to the equity shareholders is taxable. However, debt creates with it a requirement for fixed payment in form of interest. That's not all;debt must at some point be repaid.In a situation when proceeds of debt can yield much higher return than the cost of debt, it may be wise to take on debt to fund the growth of the company. But at the same time if a company takes on too much of debt then the interest paid on the debt, then it m...