Given the frequent reference to operating leverage during discussions of banks' financial performance, it's natural to assume that there is some common definition. Only there isn't. With the ...

Leverage in its most general sense means the ability to magnify results at a relatively low cost. In business, you make decisions about leverage that affect your profitability. When you evaluate ...

When analyzing any company, one of its hidden mysteries is operating leverage. Distinct from financial leverage, the “operating” type refers to having a large percentage of fixed expenses. Low ...

Operating leverage is the fraction of a company's costs that are fixed. Firms with a lower fraction of variable costs and a higher fraction of fixed costs have a higher operating leverage, which means ...

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The key to communicating the benefit of operating leverage is having a costing system that accurately characterizes the nature of cost as fixed and variable based on strong causal relationships. It ...

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I was wrong about Carvana, and after another 150% gain, I still believe its 70x forward P/E is deceptive. Here's the data that shows why Carvana is a tech platform. Forget gross profit per unit; one ...

What do banks, airlines and hotels have in common? The answer is high operating leverage (also known as operating gearing). This means that fixed costs (predominantly property and staff) are a high ...