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).
Divide the company's debt by its equity. The result is the leverage ratio. For example, if the company had $1,000 worth of debt and $4,000 worth of equity you would divide 1,000 by 4,000 to get a leverage ratio of 1/4 or 0.25.Monkey Business Images/Monkey Business/Getty Images.he result is the leverage ratio. For example, if the company had $1,000 worth of debt and $4,000 worth of equity you would divide 1,000 by 4,000 to get a leverage ratio of 1/4 or 0.25. Monkey Business Images/Monkey Business/Getty Images.