Exam 16: Financial Leverage and Capital Structure Policy

Home Decor has a debt-equity ratio of .54. The cost of equity is 15.7 percent, the pretax cost of debt is 6.8 percent, and the tax rate is 22 percent. What will be the cost of equity if the debt-equity ratio is revised to .65?

The absolute priority rule determines:

The costs incurred by a business in an effort to avoid bankruptcy are classified as ________ costs.

Mountain Groves has an unlevered cost of capital of 13.2 percent, a cost of debt of 8.3 percent, and a tax rate of 21 percent. What is the target debt-equity ratio if the targeted cost of equity is 14.5 percent?

Wholesale Supply has earnings before interest and taxes of $148,600. Both the book and the market value of debt is $220,000. The unlevered cost of equity is 13.6 percent while the pretax cost of debt is 7.4 percent. The tax rate is 21 percent. What is the weighted average cost of capital?

The optimal capital structure has been achieved when the:

The Corner Bakery has a debt-equity ratio of .53. The required return on assets is 13.5 percent and its cost of equity is 15.8 percent. What is the pretax cost of debt based on M&M Proposition II with no taxes?

Galaxy Products is comparing two different capital structures, an all-equity plan (Plan I) and a levered plan (Plan II). Under Plan I, the company would have 112,000 shares of stock outstanding. Under Plan II, there would be 75,000 shares of stock outstanding and $600,000 in debt. The interest rate on the debt is 6.7 percent and there are no taxes. What is the break-even EBIT?

Westover Mills reduced its taxes last year by $210 by increasing its interest expense by $1,000. Which one of the following terms is used to describe this tax savings?

Paradise Travels is an all-equity firm that has 9,000 shares of stock outstanding at a market price of $27 a share. Management has decided to issue $25,000 worth of debt and use the funds to repurchase shares of the outstanding stock. The interest rate on the debt will be 7.3 percent. What are the earnings per share at the break-even level of earnings before interest and taxes? Ignore taxes.

In general, the capital structures of U.S. firms:

Based on M&M Proposition I with taxes, the weighted average cost of capital:

KN Stitches has debt of $26,000, a leveraged value of $78,400, a pretax cost of debt of 7.05 percent, a cost of equity of 15.3 percent, and a tax rate of 21 percent. What is the weighted average cost of capital?

M&M Proposition II, without taxes, is the proposition that:

Which one of these statements is correct?

Lamey Co. has an unlevered cost of capital of 12.3 percent, a total tax rate of 25 percent, and expected earnings before interest and taxes of $32,840. The company has $60,000 in bonds outstanding that sell at par and have a coupon rate of 7.2 percent. What is the cost of equity?

Under the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, how long after a company firm files for bankruptcy protection do creditors have to wait before submitting their own reorganization plan to the court?

L.A. Clothing has expected earnings before interest and taxes of $63,300, an unlevered cost of capital of 14.7 percent, and a combined tax rate of 23 percent. The company also has $11,000 of debt that carries a coupon rate of 7 percent. The debt is selling at par value. What is the value of this company?

Roy's Welding has a cost of equity of 14.1 percent and a pretax cost of debt of 7.7 percent. The required return on the assets is 13.2 percent. What is the debt-equity ratio based on M&M II with no taxes?

Assume you are reviewing a graph that plots earnings per share (EPS) against earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT). The steeper the slope of the plotted line the: