is the capital structure of your business? Discuss the ratios that are used to describe capital structure and assess their importance. * How can you use operating leverage in your business? * · Assess the level of financial and operating risk for your business * · What factors are likely to influence your CFO's debt policy? You often hear corporate officers, professional investors, and analysts discuss a company's capital structure. You may not know what a capital structure is or
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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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Case Study 15-10 a. As a general rule, the impact of capital structure on value depends upon the effect of debt on weighted Average cost of capital (WACC) and Free Cash Flow (FCF). Debt owners have priority on cash flows over stockholder as their fixed claim amplifies risk of stockholder residual claim (Capital Structure Decisions 2010). As such cost of stock (rs) increases. A company can subtract interest expenses which reduce the amount of taxes paid and in turn allows greater cash flow for
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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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several simplifying assumptions, capital structure has no effect on the value of a firm. However, recognizing the impact of taxes, bankruptcy, agency costs, and asymmetric information, capital structure theory has evolved to acknowledge that the use of debt does affect the value of a firm. Modern theories of capital structure can be classified into two categories: “static tradeoff models” and the “pecking order hypothesis.” Static tradeoff models imply an optimal debtequity mix which is determined
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Du Pont Capital Structure Decision RESULT THEORY Explain MM - 0 taxes No transaction costs; no restrictions or costs to short sales; and individuals capital structure is can borrow at the same rate as corporations. irrelevant No preference for low debt versus high debt; unrealistic assumptions. Allows interest to be deducted, reduces taxes paid by levered firms; debt "shields" some of the firm's cash flow from taxes. The firm's value increases continuously as more and
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Midland Energy Resources, Inc.: Cost of Capital Analysis TABLE OF CONTENTS I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................ 2 II. COMPONENT ESTIMATIONS ............................................................................... 2 1. Effective Tax Rate - t ............................................................................................. 2 2. Capital Structure – D/E ..............................................
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international communities. Course description This course provides a foundation in theories of finance. Topics include time value of money, net present value analysis, security valuation, portfolio theory, asset pricing models, capital budgeting decision, capital structure decision, sources of financing for a
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Journal Of Financial And Strategic Decisions Volume 10 Number 3 Fall 1997 STRATEGIC ASSETS, CAPITAL STRUCTURE, AND FIRM PERFORMANCE Rahul Kochhar* Abstract Possession of strategic assets is a necessary condition for sustained competitive advantage. This condition is, however, not sufficient. Firms require financial management capability to realize the rents present in their strategic assets. The firm-specific nature of strategic assets implies that they be financed primarily through equity;
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Xiamen University Advanced Financial Management Syllabus Instructor: Professor Yunlue Fu Semester: autumn 2010 -2011(September 12,2010 – January 30,2011) Instructor Information Office: Jiageng2-512 Phone: 2186201 E-mail: ylfu@xmu.edu.cn Course Description This is an advanced course in the financial management of the firm. Since the participants are assumed to be knowledgeable about the topics found in the first financial management course, the emphasis
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