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Well, the âadvantageâ of increased financial leverage is a potentially higher return on equity. The disadvantage, on the other hand, is that the business is now riskier as it is financed with more debt (when revenue falls for unexpected reasons, there's now a whole lot of interest that still has to be paid).
Definition of financial leverage: The use of borrowed money to increase production volume, and thus sales and earnings. It is measured as the ratio of total debt to total assets. The greater the amount of debt, the greater the ...