Capital structure decisions: To M&M and beyond Introduction Modigliani and Miller’s proposition one states that by introducing debt financing does not change the value of the firm or the value of the firm’s cash-‐flows but only the way that these cash-‐flows of the firm are split between its debt and
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CHAPTER 13 CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND LEVERAGE (Difficulty: E = Easy‚ M = Medium‚ and T = Tough) Multiple Choice: Conceptual Easy: Business risk Answer: c Diff: E [i]. A decrease in the debt ratio will generally have no effect on . a. Financial risk. b. Total risk. c. Business risk. d. Market risk. e. None of the above is correct. (It will affect each type of risk above.) Business risk Answer: d Diff: E [ii]. Business risk
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at 11.3% to $2.16 per share‚ return of $15.6 to shareholders through share buybacks and strong dividends. About 43.8% of the total capital of the company comes from debt and the remaining comes from equity. The cost of the different components of its capital structure are – debt: 2.92% (after-tax cost)‚ and equity: 9.49%. The WACC is 6.61%‚ based on the capital structure outlined. The effective tax rate is 35.4%. AT&T has had dividend growth for the last 25 years. The dividend growth this year was
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Major Considerations in Capital Structure Planning There are three major considerations in capital structure planning‚ i.e. risk‚ cost of capital and control‚ which help the finance manager in determining the proportion in which he can raise funds from various sources. Although‚ three factors‚ i.e. risk‚ cost and control determines the capital structure of a particular business undertaking at a given point of time. The finance manager attempts to design the Capital Structure in such a manner that
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COMPANY PROFILE Billabong International Ltd. REFERENCE CODE: 41BBAC6B-451C-40A8-BD4C-8862EB1A77EA PUBLICATION DATE: 6 Apr 2012 www.marketline.com COPYRIGHT MARKETLINE. THIS CONTENT IS A LICENSED PRODUCT AND IS NOT TO BE PHOTOCOPIED OR DISTRIBUTED. Billabong International Ltd. TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Company Overview..............................................................................................3 Key Facts..................................................
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------------------------------------------------- Chapter 15 Capital Structure Decisions ------------------------------------------------- ANSWERS TO END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS 15-1 a. Capital structure is the manner in which a firm’s assets are financed; that is‚ the right-hand side of the balance sheet. Capital structure is normally expressed as the percentage of each type of capital used by the firm--debt‚ preferred stock‚ and common equity. Business risk is the risk
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Business Financing and the Capital Structure Business Financing and the Capital Structure Pamela D. Forbes Strayer University Dr. John Karaffa December 01‚ 2013 Business Financing and the Capital Structure Data gathering‚ planning‚ preparing‚ presenting‚ implementing and the on-going monitoring
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Billabong Financial Review Review of Billabong Financial information for 2005-2008 Note: tables are shown in $’000s (excluding $ values expressed with decimal places) Note: revenue is expressed and revenue from the sale of goods. Question 1 – Revenue and Revenue Margin 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total Revenue $ (From the sale of goods) $840‚701 $1‚018‚227 $1‚222‚911 $1‚347‚618 % Change from previous year 24.60% 21.12% 20.10% 10.20% % Change from base year (2004) 24.60% 50.91% 81.24% 99.73%
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development of new technologies can bring new competitors to this market. Verizon is exposed to many types of market risk such as interest rate and foreign exchange rate which has an effect on Verizon’s earnings. Below figure 5 summarizes the capital structure of Verizon; it is obvious that company is increasingly depending on debt to finance its overall operations. This approach can be attributed to its deal with Vodafone to obtain the 45% stake in Verizon’s using the low interest rate offer to fund
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results have been possible through the policies and the indispensable role of the policy makers‚ i.e. management who have taken State Bank of India to become one of the most prestigious & promising banks of India. The policies pertaining to Capital Structure & Dividend policy play a major role in the successful and efficient working of the bank. The objectives of the bank are the criteria for a bank to frame its policies. And it is very much clear that the objectives and the policies at SBI go
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