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It arises whenever a firm increases its revenues without a proportionate increase in operating expenses.
In deciding the most favorable level of leverage, it is a must for the firm to measure its acceptable or tolerable systematic risk/return on every transaction that corresponds with the way the company would like to finance. In measuring the degree of acceptability, the firm may compare the result to the operational leverage of other firms within the same industry. If the company has a very high degree of leverage, it is not a good indication of stability. The company is more susceptible to experience recession in the business. This is because every sale is being contributed to paying for fixed costs. The company will be compelled to continue its business to meet its obligations regardless of the outcome of sales.
As mentioned earlier, any business activity faces an accompanying risk and uncertainty. Since risk in inevitably present in whatever direction, it is a wise strategy to measure the amount of risk the company is able to handle depending on its financial capacity. There are two measures of risk that is widely used in finance - the Standard Deviation and the Coefficient of Variables.
In analyzing a given set of data, the variation of the dispersion of its values is measured by getting the standard deviation. It is computed by getting the square root of the variance. When we say variance, it...
Mean is simply the average of the data being analyzed. If the result of the deviation is small, then the values are close to the mean. On the other hand, if the deviation is large, it means that the samples used are far from the mean, therefore, it can not be considered as reliable or predictable.
In comparing the degree of variation from one data series to another, the coefficient of variables is used to measure risk. The coefficient of variables is computed by getting the ratio of the standard deviation over the mean. It helps in determining the volatility or the amount of uncertainty (risk) about the size of changes in a particular investment. The lower the ratio will mean the better the risk-return. In contrast, the higher the volatility, the riskier is the investment.
Between the standard deviation and the coefficient of variables as types of risk measurement, the latter is better to use because the degree of variation can be compared even if the means are considerably different from each other. Considering the computational perspective in standard deviation, it can cause difficulties for large number of samples. This will also lead to potential rounding off errors. However, in using the coefficient of variables, there is a greater ability to compare data that are representatives of different population.
Financial Management First student While nonprofit and for-profit organizations may have much similarity, they also have significant differences. From the tax perspective, for-profit organizations are taxed in various ways determined by the structure of the organization. For instance, small companies are treated as partnerships and sole proprietorships. They are monitored by the National Revenue Authority and the owners must be help liable for overall business debts. Their non-profit counterparts have the freedom
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Financial Management Calculate or identify from each company's most recent annual report the six (6) specific financial ratios listed and provide as an appendix to the paper. Liquidity ratios are responsible for measuring a firm's performance regarding the availability of cash to pay its debt obligations (Rashid & Abbas, 2011, p. 9). A common type of liquid ratio is the current ratio. The current ratio is responsible for comparing and contrasting current
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