What is Team Health Holdings Degree of Financial Leverage?
Degree of Financial Leverage (DFL) measures the percentage change in EPS for a unit change in Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT).
Team Health Holdings's Degree of Financial Leverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was 0.00. The higher Degree of Financial Leverage, the more volatile earnings will be.
The industry rank for Team Health Holdings's Degree of Financial Leverage or its related term are showing as below:
TMH's Degree of Financial Leverage is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 1.02 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Degree of Financial Leverage only.
Team Health Holdings Degree of Financial Leverage Historical Data
The historical data trend for Team Health Holdings's Degree of Financial Leverage can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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Team Health Holdings Degree of Financial Leverage Chart
Competitive Comparison of Team Health Holdings's Degree of Financial Leverage
For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, Team Health Holdings's Degree of Financial Leverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Degree of Financial Leverage data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Team Health Holdings's Degree of Financial Leverage Distribution in the Business Services Industry
For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Team Health Holdings's Degree of Financial Leverage distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Team Health Holdings's Degree of Financial Leverage falls into.
Team Health Holdings Degree of Financial Leverage Calculation
Team Health Holdings's Degree of Financial Leverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 is calculated as:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
** TTM data of EPS and EBIT was used to calculate Degree of Financial Leverage.
*** Please be aware that the Degree of Financial Leverage calculations are based on company-level data using the primary share class. The calculated data provided is for demonstration purposes and may slightly differ from the results displayed in the title due to potential variations caused by currency exchange rate differences throughout the year.
Team Health Holdings (NYSE:TMH) Degree of Financial Leverage Explanation
Degree of Financial Leverage (DFL) is a leverage ratio that measures the sensitivity of a company’s Earnings per Share (EPS) to fluctuations in its operating income, also referred to as Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT), resulting from adjustments in its capital structure. DFL is an essential tool for companies to assess the appropriate level of debt or financial leverage in their capital structure. When EBIT remains relatively stable, it results in stable earnings and earnings per share. In such cases, the company may consider taking on substantial debt. However, for companies operating in industries with significant fluctuations in EBIT, it is advisable to keep debt at a manageable level.
The higher Degree of Financial Leverage, the more volatile earnings will be. Because interest is a fixed expense, leverage can amplify earnings and EPS. This is beneficial when EBIT is growing, but it can become problematic in tough economic conditions when EBIT is under pressure.
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The use of financial leverage varies across different industries and business sectors, and the application of Degree of Financial Leverage (DFL) should be adjusted accordingly.
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Team Health Holdings (Team Health Holdings) Business Description
Team Health Holdings Inc was founded in 1979. It is the suppliers of outsourced healthcare professional staffing and administrative services to hospitals and other healthcare providers in the United States, based upon revenues and patient visits. It serves approximately 3,400 civilian and military hospitals, clinics and physician groups in 47 states with a team of more than 18,000 affiliated healthcare professionals, including physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and nurses. It recruits and contracts with healthcare professionals who then provide professional services within third-party healthcare facilities. It is a physician-founded organization with physician leadership throughout its business and since its inception in 1979; it provided outsourced services in hospital emergency departments, or EDs. It also provides comprehensive programs for hospital medicine, anesthesiology, pediatrics and other healthcare services, by providing permanent staffing that enables the management teams of hospitals and other healthcare facilities to outsource certain management, recruiting, hiring, payroll, billing and collection and benefits functions. The range of services that it provides to its clients include: recruiting, scheduling & credential coordination for clinical and non-clinical medical professionals; coding, billing & collection of fees for services provided by medical professionals; provision of experienced medical directors; administrative support services, such as payroll, professional liability insurance coverage, continuing medical education services & management training; risk & claims management services and standardized procedures. Healthcare facilities seek third-party physician staffing and administrative service providers that not only could improve department quality, productivity and patient satisfaction while reducing overall costs, but also offer a breadth of staffing and management services, billing & reimbursement expertise, a reputation for regulatory compliance, financial stability and a demonstrated ability to recruit & retain qualified physicians and technicians & nurses. It competes against local physician groups and self-operated hospital EDs. Its operations and relationships with healthcare providers such as hospitals are subject to increasing regulations by numerous federal, state and local governmental entities.
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