Which of the following measures the percentage change in earnings before interest and tax(or operating cash flow) associated with a given percentage change in sales? A) Degree of financial leverage B) Degree of operating leverage C) Degree of total leverage D) Degree of weighted average What does P/E Ratio of a 10 indicate?
a. It would take 10 years for an investor to recover his or her initial investment
b. The firm will pay a dividend of $10 per share.
c. The value of the stock will be 10 times the initial investment at the time of maturity.
d. An investor would receive 10 percent of the total earnings of the firm, at the time of liquidation

1. Measure of the percentage change in earnings before interest and tax or operating cash flow:

B) Degree of operating leverage

2. P/E Ratio of 10 indicates that:

c. The value of the stock will be 10 times the initial investment at the time of maturity.

Explanation:

Company B's degree of operating leverage is the financial measure that shows the degree of change of the operating income of the company in relation to a change in her sales revenue.  With this measure, investors and analysts of Company B are able to evaluate how sales impacts the company's operating income.  There are many ways to measure a company's degree of operating leverage.  One of the methods subtracts the variable costs of sales and divides that number by sales minus variable costs and fixed costs.

Company A's P/E ratio or price/earnings ratio is the measure of the relationship between the current market price and its earnings per share.  It is used to evaluate the value of the company's stock.  It points out whether the company's stock is undervalued, overvalued, or correctly valued.