make decisions to find an optimal capital structure for CPK. Before 2007, CPK was a company with zero debt. To benefit from the debt financing, CPK decided to level up the leverage by carrying out a shares repurchasing plan. The first part of the report will analyse the effect of the repurchase plan through the changes in return on equity (ROE), cost of capital and share price and emphasize how debt add value to the company. The recommendations on the capital structures will be made based on the analysis
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inventory write-downs associated with recent acquisitions. Growth in Blaine’s top line was attributable almost exclusively to acquisitions. Despite the company’s profitability, returns to shareholders had been somewhat below average. Blaine’s return on equity (ROE) was significantly below that of its publicly traded peers. Moreover, its earnings per share had fallen significantly since 2004, partly due to dilutive acquisitions. Stock price appreciation, during 2004-2006, compounded annual return for BKI’s
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long term debt-equity ratio for the prior two years. Why would these companies use such different capitals structures? 2. Look up a company and download the annual income statements. For the most recent year, calculate the average tax rate and EBIT, and find the total interest expense. From the annual balance sheets calculate the total long-term debts (including the portion due within one year). Using the interest expense and total long term debts, calculate the average cost of debt. Next, find
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relationship to the ‘separation and control’ issue, investigate the nature of the agency costs generated by the existence of debt and outside equity, demonstrate who bears these costs and why, and investigate the Pareto optirnality of their existence. We also provide a new definition of the firm, and show how our analysis of the factors influencing tht- creation and issuance of debt and equity claims is a special case of the supply side of the completeness of markets problem. The directors of such [joint-stock]
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Overview International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) were established by International Accounting Standard Board to promote the use of global accounting standards so that company accounts are comparable and understandable across the countries. As of August 2012 more than 120 countries require or allow the use of IFRS for their financial reporting. An entity claiming compliance with IFRS should comply with all its standards including disclosure requirements and makes a explicit statement
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are based on cash flows, not accounting income (Incremental cash flows are to be considered, not sunk costs) 2) Cash flows are based on opportunity costs 3) The timing of cash flows is important 4) Cash flows are analyzed on an after-tax basis 5) Financing costs are reflected in the project’s required rate of return Net Present Value (NPV) The NPV is the sum of present values of all expected incremental cash flows if a project is undertaken. The discount rate used is the firm’s cost of capital
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This PDF is a selection from an out-of-print volume from the National Bureau of Economic Research Volume Title: Taxing Multinational Corporations Volume Author/Editor: Martin Feldstein, James R. Hines Jr., R. Glenn Hubbard, Eds. Volume Publisher: University of Chicago Press Volume ISBN: 0-226-24094-0 Volume URL: http://www.nber.org/books/feld95-1 Conference Date: April 19, 1994 Publication Date: January 1995 Chapter Title: Corporate Taxes and the Cost of Capital for U.S. Multinationals Chapter
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Wealth maximization is the concept of increasing the value of a business in order to increase the value of the shares held by stockholders Wealth maximization is a modern approach to financial management. Maximization of profit used to be the main aim of a business and financial management till the concept of wealth maximization came into being. It is a superior goal compared to profit maximization as it takes broader arena into consideration. Wealth or Value of a business is defined as the market
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complete the purchase of the target company. In order for a LBO to take place, an investor, private equity firms or financial sponsor is needed. In a typical LBO, the firm obtaining the company will finance the purchase with a mixture of debt and equity. A segment of the debt in a LBO is protected by the assets of the target company. New cash flows from the bought out business are then used to pay the debt from the buyout. Leveraged buyouts happen to companies of all sizes and in all different types
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Project Finance and Private Public Partnership in financing logistics infrastructure. Introduction Finance scholars acknowledge a clear-cut distinction between corporate finance and project finance. The two techniques are considered as basically different approaches to the problem of raising debt to fund capital investments. In corporate finance lenders assess the creditworthy of a whole company, evaluating the going concern, the full range of projects in place, and the cautional value of all the
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