30017 Corporate Finance Hannes Wagner The included PDF files are examples of case study write-ups made by students of the 30017 Corporate Finance course in 2012-2013. The underlying case was “Hutchison Whampoa Limited: The Capital Structure Decision”. The write-ups were evaluated as “excellent” and the students have agreed for their work to be distributed. All rights to their work remain with them. The instructions that students received were the following: “Your assignment is to provide a written
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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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Capital Structure Analysis – Walmart September 13‚ 2011 GB550: Financial Management Unit 3 Professor Ana Machuca Part I - The Abstract Wal-Mart is one of the biggest retail chains of the world (Sampson‚ 2008). Hence it’s very extensive financial reports were studied carefully in detail‚ in order to understand and evaluate the company’s operations and performance in terms of financial ratios and relevant cost drivers and hence suggest recommendations to improve the overall business
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SOLVENCY AND CAPITAL STRUCTURE Debt to total assets ratio Debts to total assets | 2011 | 2010 | Walt Disney Co. October* | 0.48 | 0.46 | Time Warner Inc. December* | 0.56 | 0.51 | Industry Average | 0.36 | 0.33 | The Debt to Total ratio measures the amount of debt a business has in proportion to assets and is also an indicator of financial leverage and shows the percentage of total assets that were financed by creditors‚ liabilities‚ debt. The debt to total assets ratio
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INTRODUCTION 1.0 CHAPTER OVERVIEW Capital plays an important role in business. Every business enterprise‚ whether big‚ medium or small‚ manufacturing‚ services or industrial‚ needs capital to carry on its operations smoothly and to achieve its targets organization’s objective. Capital Structure means how an organization or company manage their capital or obtain financial resources to manage their business well. Business adopts different types of capital structures in order to meet the internal needs
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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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CHAPTER 13: CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND LEVERAGE 1. A firm’s business risk is largely determined by the financial characteristics of its industry‚ especially by the amount of debt the average firm in the industry uses. a. True b. False ANSWER: False 2. Financial risk refers to the extra risk borne by stockholders as a result of a firm’s use of debt as compared with their risk if the firm had used no debt. a. True b. False ANSWER: True 3. A firm’s capital structure does not affect its free cash
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Managerial Finance – Problem Review Set – Capital Structure and Leverage 1) If a firm utilizes debt financing‚ an X% decline in earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) will result in a decline in earnings per share that is larger than X. a. True b. False 2) Firm A has a higher degree of business risk than Firm B. Firm A can offset this by using less financial leverage. Therefore‚ the variability of both firms ’ expected EBITs could
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Du Pont Case Study Capital Structure Statement of the Problem Determine a capital structure policy suitable for Du Pont in the 1980s and beyond. This paper will consider the history of the company and the turbulent times of the 1960s and 1970s‚ weigh the advantages and disadvantages associated with higher and lower levels of debt‚ and develop a strategy for the future after the merger with Conoco Inc. in 1983. Executive Summary Du Pont has been historically known for its
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The Armstrong Production Company is an industry-leading firm in the field of manufacturing synthetic building materials for homes and commercial structures‚ based near St. Louis. Armstrong was fortunate in its initial stages to quickly secure inexpensive funding in the form of developmental loans issued by the State of Illinois‚ and thus was able to break even within three years of its founding in the early 1970s. Able to pour resources into its research and development segment‚ riding on the increasing
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