Case Study: Hill County Snack Food Co. 1.1 How much business risk does Hill County face? Hill County operates in a very competitive market where new potential entrants can be a threat to its operation either through lower price offering or lower production cost. Competition from peer companies has significant effect on its operation‚ because Hill County is price taker in the market‚ that is‚ increase in prices is not one of the choices it can implement. Also‚ due to the fact that its profitability
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campus. Sales were $1‚100‚000 last year; variable costs were 60% of sales; and fixed costs were $40‚000. Therefore‚ EBIT totaled $400‚000. Because the university’s enrollment is capped‚ EBIT is expected to be constant over time. Because no expansion capital is required‚ CD pays out all earnings as dividends. Assets are $2 million‚ and 80‚000 shares are outstanding. The management group owns about 50% of the stock‚ which is traded in the over-the-counter market. CD currently has no debt—it is an allequity
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Modigliani-Miller capital structure irrelevance propositions and the concept of debt tax shields. With the background of a pizza company‚ the case provides an engaging context to discuss the “pizza graphs” that are commonly used in corporate finance curriculum to illustrate the wealth effects of capital structure decisions. Objectives: * Introduce the Modigliani-Miller intuition of capital structure irrelevance; * Establish how the cost of equity is affected by capital structure decisions
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risk. Capital Structure refers to the mix of sources from where the long term funds required in a business may be raised‚ i.e.‚ what should be the proportions of equity share capital‚ preference share capital‚ internal sources‚ debentures‚ and other sources of funds in the total amount of capital which an undertaking may raise for establishing its business. A bad financing decision may result in many forms of higher direct or indirect costs‚ such as lowering stock price‚ higher cost of capital and
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Assignment on An Appraisal on Dividend Policy and Capital Structure of Fu-Wang Ceramic Industry Ltd. Corporate Finance (FIN-507) Sec-01 Prepared For: Dr. Tanvir Ahmed Chowdhury Department of Business Administration East West University Prepared By: Md. Iftekharul Haque ID: 2009-3-95-052 Shazzad Hossain ID: 2010-2-95-155 Md. Yahyea ID: 2009-1-95-040 Rakesh Mondal ID: 2010-1-95-025 Hasanuzzaman Chowdhuri ID:2009-1-95-095 Submission Date: March 30
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1. Why should a firm have a capital structure policy‚ i.e. a target debt ratio? A capital structure policy aims to balance the trade-off between the benefits of debt financing (interest tax shield) and the costs of debt financing (financial distress and agency costs). Every firm should set its target capital structure such that its cost and benefits of leverage ultimately maximise the firm’s value. Graham and Harvey asked 392 firms’ chief financial officers whether they use target debt ratios. Results
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Case 10 Aspeon Sparkling Water‚ Inc. Capital Structure Policy CASE INFORMATION Purpose This case‚ which in all aspects is identical to Case 9‚ illustrates the capital structure decision for a firm that starts with zero debt. Either Case 9 or Case 10‚ but not both‚ should be assigned. The primary analytical tool is valuation analysis‚ although the case briefly introduces the Modigliani and Miller (MM) with corporate taxes and Miller models. The case also illustrates financial
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2015SP1-FIN-65151X-01 / Accounting & Finance / Professor Francois Silatchom MODULE 3 POWERLINE NETWORK CORP. Operating Leverage‚ Financial Leverage‚ and the Optimal Capital Structure TEAM D1 Laura Hamin – lhny86@nycap.rr.com Raymond Negron – ffnegron@hotmail.com Eulises Roman – ermediaus@aol.com Myeshia Wagner – mrs.wagner1982@yahoo.com Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction 3 Analysis 4 Figure 1: Risk Comparison between Plans L and H 4 Figure 2: Operating probability
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of capital for a firm. The student determines the cost of individual sources of financing‚ including long-term debt‚ preferred stock‚ and common stock. The cost of debt is adjusted for Eco Plastics’ 40% tax bracket. The company is considering a new financial structure‚ with the replacement of preferred stock financing with debt financing. Additional use of debt increases the common stockholders’ required rate of return. The student is asked to compare the two weighted average costs of capital and
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to develop decision-making ability based on Corporate Finance theory. Hence‚ it combines lectures with case analysis. The course and the cases deal with selected topics in Corporate Finance such as valuation‚ capital budgeting‚ cost of capital‚ mergers and acquisitions‚ capital structure policy‚ and warrant and convertible use and valuation. The purpose of the cases is not to introduce these topics‚ but to further examine the theoretical concepts and models of finance and how they can be applied
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