To accommodate surface mount technology, SMT, a completely new set of components was needed. New SMT outlines were required, and often the same components, e.g. ICs were sold in both traditional leaded packages and SMT packages.
The most well known financial leverage ratio is the debt-to-equity ratio. It is expressed as: Total debt / Total Equity. For example, if a company has $10M in debt and $20M in equity, it has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50 = ($10M/$20M).
(1) The best-known financial leverage ratio is the debt-to-equity ratio. For example, if a company has $10 million in debt and $20 million in equity, it has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.5 ($10 million/$20 million).enerally, companies with higher leverage as determined by a leverage ratio are thought to be more risky because they have more liabilities and less equity. A leverage ratio is also called a gearing ratio or an equity multiplier.