All of the Following Statements Are Correct Except

question 137

Multiple Choice

All of the following statements are correct except:

• A)A firm's business risk is measured by its variability in EBIT over time and is affected by several factors,including the business cycle,competitive pressures,and the firm's operating leverage or its level of fixed operating costs.
• B)The degree of financial leverage measures the sensitivity of earnings per share to changes in EBIT.
• C)The degree of combined leverage is the percentage change in earnings per share that results from a 1 percent change in sales volume.
• D)The degree of combined leverage is simply the product of its degree of operating leverage and its degree of financial leverage.
• E)All of the above statements are correct.

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