When might high debt levels be a benefit to an organization?

A) When trying to make otherwise unaffordable investments
B) When trying to prevent a leveraged buyout
C) When determining earnings per share on common stock
D) When calculating the current ratio to determine short-term solvency
E) When the firm's short run credit risk is strong

Answer: A
Explanation: A) Borrowing funds gives a firm leverage, the ability to make otherwise unaffordable investments. In leveraged buyouts, firms have willingly taken on sometimes huge debts to buy out other companies.

Business

You might also like to view...

As a key participant in financial transactions, individuals are ________

A) net demanders of funds because they save more money than they borrow B) net users of funds because they save less money than they borrow C) net suppliers of funds because they save more money than they borrow D) net purchasers of funds because they save more money than they borrow

Business

Accessing data without authorization on Dropbox is an example of which of the following?

A) social network security issue B) cloud security issue C) mobile platform security issue D) sniffing

Business