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).
DEBT-TO-EQUITY RATIO: The second leverage ratio is known as the debt-to-equity ratio. The debt-to-equity ratio measures the investments provided by creditors versus the investments provided by the company's owners. Below depicts how the debt-to-equity ratio is calculated;