FINMAN
FINMAN
FINMAN
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I. The Target Capital Structure
Four primary factors influence capital structure
decisions:
1. Business Risk
2. The firm’s tax position
3. Financial flexibility
4. Managerial conservatism or aggressiveness
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II. Business And Financial Risk
1. Business risk, which is the riskiness of the
firm’s assets if no debt is used.
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a.) Business Risk
the single most important determinant of capital structure, and
it represents the amount of risk that is inherent in the firm’s
operations even if it uses no debt financing.
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a.) Business Risk
Business risk depends on a number of factors, the more important of
which are listed here:
3. Input cost variability. Firms whose input costs are highly uncertain
are exposed to a high degree of business risk.
4. Ability to adjust output prices for changes in input costs. Some firms
are better able than others to raise their own output prices when input
costs rise. The greater the ability to adjust output prices to reflect cost
conditions, the lower the degree of business risk.
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a.) Business Risk
Business risk depends on a number of factors, the more important of
which are listed here:
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c.) Financial Risk
the additional risk placed on the common
stockholders as a result of the decision to finance
with debt
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c.) Financial Risk
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III. Determining the Optimal
Capital Structure
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a.) WACC and Capital Structure Changes
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c.) The Optimal Capital Structure
- the capital structure that maximizes a stock’s intrinsic
value.
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c.) The Optimal Capital Structure
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VI. Variations in Capital
Structure
Deloso
Estano
Hayagan
Villasor
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ACTIVITY
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The riskiness inherent in the firm’s
operation if it uses no debt
BUSINESS RISK
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An increase in stockholder’s risk,
over and above the firm’s basic
business risk, resulting from the
use of financial leverage
FINANCIAL RISK
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The firm’s beta coefficient if it
has no debt
Unlevered Beta
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A capital structure theory that
states the firm’s trade off the tax
benefits of debt financing
against problems caused by
potential bankruptcy
Trade-off Theory
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The situation where investors
and manager have identical
information about firm’s
prospects
Symmetric Information
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Julia Barreto
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Gerald Anderson
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