FINC 5000 LESSON NOTES – WEEK 7 CHAPTER 15 Capital Structure Introduction: Capital Structure Theory - Capital Structure refers to the proportion of debt and equity being used to finance a firm’s assets: Assets = Debt + Equity Capital Structure - In this lesson we will examine the notion that capital structure affects the value of the firm. That is, the value of the firm might change with the amount of debt that is present. -
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Calculation of WACC of a Multi-Division Corporation 2. Sources of Data and their limitation 3. Use of CAPM, Cost of Equity, Effect of Leverage on the Ce, WACC 4. Use of data for comparable to estimate asset betas for division-specific cost of capital 5. Biases and Limitations No financial modeling. In the previous years they would include WACC as part of case study 3 – Now it has been changed to 2 – without any actual financial statements. No excel modeling. Focused on how to address the
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Cost of Capital Introduction This paper examines key elements of a cost of capital policy to facilitate objective management and allocation of corporate funds. In order for a company to make long-term investments to grow, whether that is new equipment, new products or other assets, managers must be aware of the cost of acquiring any of these assets. The obvious objective for these managers is to earn more than the cost of capital and in doing so will increase their company’s market value. If
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From investopedia.com Modigliani and Miller's Tradeoff Theory of Leverage The tradeoff theory assumes that there are benefits to leverage within a capital structure up until the optimal capital structure is reached. The theory recognizes the tax benefit from interest payments - that is, because interest paid on debt is tax deductible, issuing bonds effectively reduces a company's tax liability. Paying dividends on equity, however, does not. Thought of another way, the actual rate of interest
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Lecture 13: Capital Structure Theory Exercises Question 1 Levered Inc. and Unlevered Inc. are identical in every respect except for capital structure. Both companies expect to earn $150 million in perpetuity, and both distribute all of their earnings as dividends. Levered’s perpetual debt has a market value of $300 million and the required return on its debt is 7%. Levered’s stock sells for $100 per share, and there are 5 million shares outstanding. Unlevered has 8 million shares outstanding worth
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Chapter 15 Capital Structure Decisions: Part II ANSWERS TO BEGINNING-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS 15-1 Arbitrage is generally thought of as the process of buying an item in one market and simultaneously selling it at a higher price in another market and thus earning a riskless profit. MM broadened this concept. They show, under a set of assumptions, that personal debt can be used to cause the risk of two different stocks to be the same but the returns on the stocks can be different.
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then). This case concerns financing large investments in capital assets in a short period of time for strategic reasons. According to Modigliani and Miller, with efficient markets and no corporate taxation, firms should be able to raise all funds necessary to finance positive net present value projects and, further, the firm’s capital structure (or off-balance financing structures) should not affect the firm’s weighted-average cost of capital (WACC) or the availability of credit. This case is particularly
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Faculty of Business and Economics Objective To develop an understanding of applied corporate finance including financial analysis and forecasting, financing sales growth, short-term versus long-term financing, capital structure policy, capital investment analysis, cost of capital, and company valuation. The course will be experiential and focus upon selected Harvard Business School cases describing actual business situations faced by financial managers, requiring analysis, and decision-making
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investment and financing, and their interrelatedness. The overall goal is to obtain a comprehensive and in-depth perspective of the area of Corporate Finance. Major topics include financial analysis and planning, valuation, capital budgeting, capital structure, dividend policy, working capital management, mergers and acquisition, hybrid financing, bankruptcy, multinational financial management, and risk management. Special emphasis is given on integration of the concepts of financial management into a total
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