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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Capital Structure Capital Structure‚ Interest Rates and Credit Ratings Prepared by Ece SARAÇOĞLU BILGI‚ MSc in International Finance INF 503 - Financial Economics and Interest Rates December 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. II. III. a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) k) l) m) n) o) p) q) IV. V. Why Capital Structure Matters To Investments How Debt and Equity Financing Differ Choosing Between Debt and Equity Financing Process Ownership rights Rights over profit Ease of doing business Repayment Cost to company
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industry demand and price‚ along with rising fuel prices and an economic recession. These pressures now force Du Pont to source its financing through debt‚ foregoing its risk averse capital structure policy in the past. It now aims to determine the most feasible capital structure that will enable it to finance capital expenditures vital to its competitive advantage while maintaing its financial flexibility. Du Pont now faces two alternatives: 1) Reduce the debt/total capitalization ratio
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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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Chpt.16 Financial Leverage and Capital Structure Financial Leverage Chapter Outline Financial Leverage Effect of leverage Break-even Analysis Homemade Leverage M&M Propositions (I & II): optimal D/E? No tax Corporate tax Corporate tax & bankruptcy costs Corporate & personal taxes Arbitrage The Capital-Structure Question and The Pie Model The value of a firm is defined to be the sum of the value of the firm’s debt and the firm’s equity. V=E+B If the goal of the management of the firm is
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A company with low gearing is one that is mainly being funded or financed by share capital (equity) and reserves‚ whilst the one with a high gearing is mainly funded by loan capital. Now the question to address is which of the two (equity and debt) is cheaper to the company? The answer is that cost of debt is cheaper than cost of equity. This is because debt is less risky than equity and the tax advantage of debt over equity as discussed below: Risk: debt is less risky than equity because: • the
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debt to total capital approaching 70%‚ as opposed to a target ratio of 60%. While some investors welcome HCA’s more aggressive use of leverage‚ others are worried that HCA’s capital structure could decrease the company’s current A bond rating. As a result of increased debt‚ a decline in HCA’s first-quarter earnings per share could occur. The company faces the problem of deciding what should be done to its capital structure and whether reducing the ratio of debt to total capital to match the target
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FORE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT CORPORATE FINANCE Capital Structure in TATA Motors Course: PGDM Capital Structure in TATA Motors Corporate Finance ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The preparation of this project report was a multi-staged process and each stage involved contributions from various individuals and resources. We are greatly thankful to Dr. Himanshu Joshi‚ Lecturer in Corporate Finance who gave us an opportunity to work on this project. We express our profound sense of gratitude and veneration to you
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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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Wm. Wrigley Jr‚ Company Capital Structure Wm. Wrigley Jr‚ Company Capital Structure 8/23/2013 8/23/2013 EFB340 Finance Capstone Case Study 1 Group S3 Dat Bui (N8360928) JeongHwan KWON (N8400822) Honghu Ye (N8106258) EFB340 Finance Capstone Case Study 1 Group S3 Dat Bui (N8360928) JeongHwan KWON (N8400822) Honghu Ye (N8106258) Table of Contents Abstract1 1.0 Introduction2 2.0 Analysis Share price2 Weighted Average Cost of Capital2 Earnings
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