D61/81594/2012 AGENGA BENTER ARWA D61/81595/2012 Section 1 1. Determine the drivers of capital Structure. The primary factors that influence a company’s capital-structure decision are: Company size Big firms are likely to be more leveraged than small firms. This is due to the huge capital assets that they posses Management style Management style ranges from aggressive to conservative. Conservative management is less inclined to use
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Capital Structure Decisions: Which Factors are Reliably Important? Murray Z. Frank1 and Vidhan K. Goyal2 First draft: March 14‚ 2003. Current draft: December 20‚ 2003. ABSTRACT This paper examines the relative importance of 38 factors in the leverage decisions of publicly traded U.S. firms from 1950 to 2000. The most reliable factors are median industry leverage (+ effect on leverage)‚ market-to-book ratio (-)‚ collateral (+)‚ bankruptcy risk as measured by Altman’s Z-Score (-)‚ dividend-paying
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CAPITAL STRUCTURE MANAGEMENT IN NEPAL (A CASE STUDY ON NABIL‚ NIBL‚ NEA‚ NTC & HGICL) Table of Contents: Recommendation I Viva- Voce Sheet II Declaration III Acknowledgement IV List of Figures V List of Tables VI Abbreviation VII CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION Pg No. 1. Background of the study
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Kale et al (1991) suggests that the level of risk is one of the main determinants of a firm`s capital structure. By looking at the trade off theory we might expect a negative association when risk and leverage are concerned. If firms have high earnings volatility‚ for some obvious reasons‚ they would not want to indulge in debt financing. It follows that when firms are exposed to bankruptcy and agency costs greater is the incentive to reduce the level of debt otherwise the more volatile a firm`s
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Chapter 12 Capital Structure and Leverage LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter‚ students should be able to: • Explain why capital structure policy involves a trade-off between risk and return‚ and list the four primary factors that influence capital structure decisions. • Distinguish between a firm’s business risk and its financial risk. • Explain how operating leverage contributes to a firm’s business risk and conduct a breakeven analysis‚ complete with
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OPTIMAL CAPITAL STRUCTURE INTRODUCTION This report tries to visualize “OPTIMAL CAPITAL STRUCTURE” and represent the facts that include features of capital structure‚ determinants of capital structure‚ and patterns of capital structure‚ types and theories of capital structure‚ theory of optimal capital structure‚ risk associated with capital structure‚ external assessment of capital structure and some assumption related to capital structure. BROAD OBJECTIVE • To determine features of capital structure
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Capital Structure and Profit Capital Structure Definition A unite of a company’s long-term debt‚ specific short-term debt‚ common equity and preferred equity. The capital structure is how a firm finances its overall operations and growth by using different sources of funds. Debt comes in the form of bond issues or long-term notes payable‚ whereas equity is classified as common stock‚ preferred stock or retained earnings. Also‚ Short-term debt such as working capital requirements is considered
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Capital Structure Practice Problems 1. Hayfin Enterprises has the following operating results and capital structure: Hayfin Enterprises ($000s) | | | Financial Data | | Revenue | $ 6‚000 | Operating Expenses | $ (4‚500) | EBIT (Operating Profit) | $ 1‚500 | | | Debt | $ 1‚200 | Equity | $ 8‚800 | Total Capital | $ 10‚000 | Interest rate on debt = 9% Share price = $25 (MV = BV) The firm is contemplating
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Pakistan. GFC‚ under the leadership of Mr. Mohammad Ilyas‚ its CEO‚ has also been the pioneer in the expert of electric fans from Pakistan. Starting with its first commercial export in 1993‚ with a modest quantity & value‚ GFC is now exporting its products to the tune of US$ 12 million annually to more than 30 countries in the World. GFC fans became an instant success due to their quality and durability in the entire markets share these were introduced including countries in Asia‚ Middle East‚ and
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Product Breakdown Structure Toolkit 1. Overview If your are familiar with PRINCE2 pre-20091‚ you’ll know that it recommended the use of a number of techniques‚ one of which is Product Based Planning. A Product Breakdown Structure (PBS) is an essential part of this‚ its purpose being to define the products (deliverables) of a project and how they relate to each other. Product Based Planning has four components: • Product Description: a description of the overall project deliverables. In
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