gearing ratios

gearing ratios
= leverage ratios
Ratios that express a company's capital gearing There are a number of different ratios that can be calculated from either the balance sheet or the profit and loss account Ratios based on the balance sheet usually express debt as a percentage of equity, or as a percentage of debt plus equity (see debt-equity ratio). Income gearing is normally calculated by dividing the profit before interest and tax by the gross interest payable to give the interest cover

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