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Gearing 1

Gearing=    Long Term Liabilities    
Equity Shareholders' Funds

Gearing is concerned with the relationship between the long terms liabilities that a business has and its capital employed. The idea is that this relationship ought to be in balance, with the shareholders' funds being significantly larger than the long term liabilities.

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