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What are the risks of under levering a company? What are the risks of over levering a company?
Risks of underleveraging
Not able to make the efficient use of borrowing or cheap
borrowing
Tax advantages
Equity shareholders will lose out from the benefits of gearing or
the multiplication of every dollar put to work
Risks of overleveraging
Bankruptcy or financial distress
Cost of equity might rise and WACC as well thus resulting in lower
stock prices
Multiplies losses
Not able to generate sufficient cash flows to service debt