Our table lists five companies with less leverage than the average firm in their respective industries.
A rare exception is the IRS, which seems to have more leverage than the average shoe store in negotiating with the card industry.
TV hosts and bookers always push for on-camera interviews, but Trump's star power, and tendency to make provocative, made-for-cable-news statements, arguably gives him more leverage than the average candidate.
The average leverage ratio at the five biggest investment banks was a remarkable twenty-seven tonene.
The average leverage ratio on funds similar to UBS's in the United States is roughly 22 percent, according to Morningstar.
Citigroup, an American bank, estimates that only Barclays faces a capital shortfall of just 0.2% due to the measure.Banks borrow more than other companies: the average leverage ratio of non-financial FTSE 100 firms is 37%.
The average leverage ratio has a value of around 0.5, indicating that, on average, firms have two times the amount of assets compared to debt.
As Arianna has pointed out, just getting the money out of the hands of Citigroup, Bank of America, Chase, Wells Fargo, and other "too big to fail" banks gives the average Americans leverage.
The average leveraged loan currently trades at about 81 cents on the dollar, according to S.& P. Leveraged Commentary and Data.
In early 2009, the study found, the average hedge fund had leverage about 1.4 times its equity, compared with the average investment bank leverage ratio of 40 times.
