Finance has utmost importance like blood for
any company. However, better utilization of funds,
resources or use of debt / equity mixture smartly, has
remarkable influence on organization’s financial
performance. Better implementation of gearing strategy
moderates the risk and improves operational efficiency as
well as maximizes shareholders’ wealth. The key concept
is to explore how financial gearing and financial structure
affect financial performance along with their link between
each other by observing the 12 publicly trading textile
companies registered in the PSX having time span from
2011 to 2020. The study used quantifiable approach
together with multivariable regression models to analyze
the assumptions. Outcomes as a whole demonstrates that
when there is no downturn economically in the country,
low levels of gearing inclined towards high margins of
profit along with high return on equity and assets also.
Those external borrowings which are an integral part of
gearing should less depend but more concentrate to
develop strategies internally in order to enhance the
company’s financial performance. This study also provide
confirmation by estimating different veracities that the
key components of the Pakistani textile companies to
develop their operational and financial performance by
using the gearing strategy might reap maintainable
imminent development.
Keywords : Financial Structure, Gearing, Firm performance & value, Shareholder’s Wealth