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Up22
Hello!
I’m reading up on the choice between paying cash dividends and repurchasing shares (LOS 27.g), and I’m struggling to understand how share repurchases increase financial leverage. What I do understand is why a company would repurchase shares – in order to achieve or move in the direction of optimal capital structure.
Would anyone mind to help explain the “how” reasoning I’m unable to think through?
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Up4
Formula for Financial Leverage = total debt / equity
Equity = outstanding shares
So when a company buy back shares it reduces the equity (the denominator) which will increase the financial leverage.
e.g. Debt = 10m; Equity = 5m;
Financial Leverage = 10/5 = 2Company buyback 3m
Financial Leverage = 10 / (5 – 3) = 5 -
Up4
Boy, that was easy! Thanks, vincentt.
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Up2
no problem STP!
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