Consider two companies that operate in the same line of business and have the same degree of

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Consider two companies that operate in the same line of business and have the same degree of operating leverage: the Basic Company and the Grundlegend Company. The Basic Company and the Grundlegend Company have, respectively, no debt and 50 percent debt in their capital structure. Which of the following statements is most accurate? Compared to the Basic Company, the Grundlegend Company has:

A. a lower sensitivity of net income to changes in unit sales.

B. the same sensitivity of operating income to changes in unit sales.

C. the same sensitivity of net income to changes in operating income.

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Corporate Finance A Practical Approach

ISBN: 9781118217290

2nd Edition

Authors: Michelle R Clayman, Martin S Fridson, George H Troughton, Matthew Scanlan

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