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).
Leverage Ratio Summary : In summary, the leverage ratios consist of the debt ratio and the debt-to-equity ratio. The debt ratio is calculated by dividing a company's total debt by the company's total assets. The debt-to-equity ratio is calculated by dividing a company's total debt by the company's total equity.