Which of the following statements is correct?

A) Companies with lower fixed costs tend to have greater operating leverage.

B) increasing financial leverage is one way to increase a company's basic earning power (BEP)

C) The debt ration (D/A) that maximizes earnings per share (EPS) generally exceeds the Debt Ratio that maximizes stock price.

D) The Capital Structure that maximizes stock price also maximizes the Times Interest Earned Ratio.