1. Which of the following would increase the likelihood that a company would increase its debt ratio in its capital structure? a. An increase in costs incurred when filing for bankruptcy. b. An increase in the corporate tax rate. c. An increase in the personal tax rate. d. None of the statements above is correct. ANSWER: B An increase in the corporate tax rate would mean that firms would get larger tax breaks for interest payments. Therefore‚ firms have an incentive to increase interest payments
Premium Variable cost Costs Total cost
Packaging waste: PepsiCo Jose Quintero San Francisco State University Dr. Karen Lovaas COMM 448 Jose Quintero COMM 448 Dr. Karen Lovaas 15 May 2014 2014 Packaging Waste Fifty-inch plasma TV‚ Xbox 360 game console‚ IPhone‚ the latest shoes‚ and the beer that your friends drink come in packaging‚ the thing that wraps up our food‚ our toys‚ and keeps our things looking good. Some packaging is used to lengthen the life of the food eaten‚ other forms are used to protect the product from the
Premium Recycling Marketing Retailing
case study will focus on the proposed capital structure decisions of Diageo. 2) Is Diageo’s current capital structure appropriate to its new business? It believes that it has traditionally had a conservative debt policy. If so‚ is that policy still appropriate? Has Diageo’s capital structure been as conservative as it believes? (What interest rate coverage ratio has it been targeting? How does it look relative to its competitors?) Diageo’s capital structure has not been as conservative as it
Premium Credit rating Interest Finance
Solution 1: (i) P0 = D1 Ke - g CA – IPC TEST CAPITAL STRUCTURE = 3.50 (1.06) 0.15 – 0.06 = `41.22 (ii) Ke = D1 + g P0 0.15 = 3.50 (1 + g) + g 50 7.50 = 3.50 + 3.50g + 50g g= 4 = 7.48% 53.5 Solution 2: (i) Determination of EPS at EBIT level of `22‚00‚000 Financing Plan (a) (b) Equity Shares (`) Debentures (`) Pref. EBIT 22‚00‚000 22‚00‚000 Less: Interest (16‚000) (1‚21‚000) Taxable Income 21‚84‚000 20‚79‚000 Less: Tax @ 30% (6‚55‚200) (6‚23‚700) EAT 15‚28‚800 14‚55‚300 Less: Dividend on Pref
Premium Stock Leverage Earnings before interest and taxes
average. Pepsi with the application of BCG has defined its key star product and products which give no revenues‚ thereby improving and developing strategies which can fetch them more revenues and improve their customer base. The internal resource analysis and the supply chain in reference to the organization has been successful and been able to deliver success to the company by reducing time frame and increasing efficiency. Being well diversified the company’s latest acquisition of Gatorade‚ Quaker
Premium Pepsi Profit margin Strategic management
1. What three costs do pennies impose on society? a. The cost of metal used in pennies has gone up beyond the face value of the coin itself. So manufacturing pennies is not worth. It takes approximately 1.8 cent to create one penny coin. Eventually this cost will be suffered by the society. b. Pennies are not worth the time to count or store in the current economic market. c. Pennies result in dead weight transaction in the economy. 2. Are U.S. coins fiat money or commodity money? Other than
Free Economics Macroeconomics Money
Assignment 2: Business Financing and the Capital Structure Principles of Finance Finance 100 December 12‚ 2013 Business Financing and the Capital Structure Raising Business Capital As a financial advisor to this business there are two options to consider for raising business capital‚ equity financing and debt financing. The details‚ advantages‚ and disadvantages of both options will be provided. Also information about raising capital by selecting an investment banker
Premium Corporate finance Investment Stock market
[pic] Introduction to PepsiCo: Around the world‚ our people come to work each day ready to perform with purpose. Together‚ we create the fun‚ refreshing and nourishing experiences consumers enjoy. PepsiCo‚ Inc. is one of the world’s top consumer product companies with many of the world’s most important and valuable trademarks. PepsiCo was found in 1965 through the merger of Pepsi cola and Frito Lays. Tropicana was acquired in 1998 and PepsiCo merged with the Quaker oats company. The company
Premium
IntroductionThe key question is whether PepsiCo should expand its restaurant business by pursuing the purchase of CARTS OF COLORADO‚ a $7 million manufacturer and merchandiser of mobile food carts and kiosks‚ and CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN‚ a $34 million restaurant chain in the casual dining segment. II. Analysis of the main problemPepsiCo has 3 main segments: soft drinks (35% of PepsiCo ’s sales and 39% of its operating profits in 1991)‚ snack foods (29% of PepsiCo ’s sales and 35% of its operating profits)
Premium Pizza Hut
Project 6 – Gr. C1 Analysis International Strategy; Part 1 – Second Version Tim Herbers (153139) Angelika Kuhn (147613) Sebastiaan Prins (112381) Luc Zijlmans (149689) Saxion University of Applied Science Module International Business Plan - Mr. J. Oude Rengerink IBMS Project 6 – Gr. C1 Analysis International Strategy; Part 1 – Second Version Tim Herbers (153139) Angelika Kuhn (147613) Sebastiaan Prins (112381) Luc Zijlmans (149689) | Coca Cola & Pepsi | Analysis International
Premium Coca-Cola Pepsi