Exam 16: Assessing Long-Term Debt, Equity, and Capital Structure

Your company doesn't face any taxes and has $200 million in assets, currently financed entirely with equity. Equity is worth $10 per share, and book value of equity is equal to market value of equity. Also, let's assume that the firm's expected values for EBIT depend upon which state of the economy occurs this year, with the possible values of EBIT and their associated probabilities shown as follows: The firm is considering switching to a 40 percent debt capital structure, and has determined that they would have to pay an 8 percent yield on perpetual debt in either event. What will be the break-even EBIT?

Suppose that a company's equity is currently selling for $19 per share and that there are 3 million shares outstanding and 10 thousand bonds outstanding, which are selling at 100 percent of par ($1,000). If the firm was considering an active change to their capital structure so that the firm would have a D/E of 0.5, which type of security (stocks or bonds) would they need to sell to accomplish this, and how much would they have to sell?

A firm faces a 30 percent tax rate and has $200m in assets, currently financed entirely with equity. Equity is worth $10 per share, and book value of equity is equal to market value of equity. Also, let's assume that the firm's expected EBIT is $10m. The firm is considering switching to a 25 percent debt capital structure, and has determined that they would have to pay a 10 percent yield on perpetual debt. What will be the firm's new ROE if they switch to the proposed capital structure?

JJJ Corp. has $10 million in assets and is currently financed with 100 percent equity. The firm decides to switch to a 60 percent equity/40 percent debt structure and decides to fund the next $4 million of assets for future projects entirely with debt, resulting in the desired capital structure at some point in the future. This is an example of:

Your company has a 40 percent tax rate and has $750 million in assets, currently financed entirely with equity. Equity is worth $50 per share, and book value of equity is equal to market value of equity. Also, let's assume that the firm's expected values for EBIT depend upon which state of the economy occurs this year, with the possible values of EBIT and their associated probabilities shown as follows: The firm is considering switching to a 30 percent debt capital structure, and has determined that they would have to pay a 9 percent yield on perpetual debt in either event. What will be the level of expected EPS if they switch to the proposed capital structure?

The policy of changing the capital structure gradually over time by funding new capital projects disproportionately with the type of capital you want to increase in the capital structure is referred as:

Which of the following is the condition in which a firm is near bankruptcy?

An all-equity financed firm has $45,000 in assets and the stock price is $10. If the firm restructures with 30 percent debt which creates interest expense of $810 per year and the firm's tax rate is 28 percent, what is the break-even EBIT?

Which of the following is incorrect with respect to leverage buyouts (LBOs)?

HiLo, Inc., doesn't face any taxes and has $100 million in assets, currently financed entirely with equity. Equity is worth $50 per share, and book value of equity is equal to market value of equity. Also, let's assume that the firm's expected values for EBIT depend upon which state of the economy occurs this year, with the possible values of EBIT and their associated probabilities shown as follows: The firm is considering switching to a 40 percent debt capital structure, and has determined that they would have to pay a 10 percent yield on perpetual debt. What will be the standard deviation in EPS if they switch to the proposed capital structure?

Your company faces a 25 percent tax rate and has $750 million in assets, currently financed entirely with equity. Equity is worth $25 per share, and book value of equity is equal to market value of equity. Also, let's assume that the firm's expected values for EBIT depend upon which state of the economy occurs this year, with the possible values of EBIT and their associated probabilities shown as follows: The firm is considering switching to a 25 percent debt capital structure, and has determined that they would have to pay a 10 percent yield on perpetual debt in either event. What will be the standard deviation in EPS if they switch to the proposed capital structure?

Your company doesn't face any taxes and has $750 million in assets, currently financed entirely with equity. Equity is worth $50 per share, and book value of equity is equal to market value of equity. Also, let's assume that the firm's expected values for EBIT depend upon which state of the economy occurs this year, with the possible values of EBIT and their associated probabilities shown as follows: The firm is considering switching to a 30 percent debt capital structure, and has determined that they would have to pay a 9 percent yield on perpetual debt in either event. What will be the standard deviation in EPS if they switch to the proposed capital structure?

Which of the following makes this a true statement? In this slightly more realistic world with corporate taxes, managers can:

Your company has a 38 percent tax rate and has $800 million in assets, currently financed entirely with equity. Equity is worth $60 per share, and book value of equity is equal to market value of equity. Also, let's assume that the firm's expected values for EBIT depend upon which state of the economy occurs this year, with the possible values of EBIT and their associated probabilities shown as follows: The firm is considering switching to a 20 percent debt capital structure, and has determined that they would have to pay a 10 percent yield on perpetual debt in either event. What will be the break-even level of EBIT?

Your company has a 25 percent tax rate and has $600 million in assets, currently financed entirely with equity. Equity is worth $20 per share, and book value of equity is equal to market value of equity. Also, let's assume that the firm's expected values for EBIT depend upon which state of the economy occurs this year, with the possible values of EBIT and their associated probabilities shown as follows: The firm is considering switching to a 30 percent debt capital structure, and has determined that they would have to pay a 9 percent yield on perpetual debt in either event. What will be the level of expected EPS if they switch to the proposed capital structure?

Your company doesn't face any taxes and has $250 million in assets, currently financed entirely with equity. Equity is worth $8 per share, and book value of equity is equal to market value of equity. Also, let's assume that the firm's expected values for EBIT depend upon which state of the economy occurs this year, with the possible values of EBIT and their associated probabilities shown as follows: The firm is considering switching to a 20 percent debt capital structure, and has determined that they would have to pay a 9 percent yield on perpetual debt in either event. What will be the level of expected EPS if they switch to the proposed capital structure?

Which of the following is a true statement?

What causes the change in optimal strategy when taxes are added back to the M&M theorem?

Which of the following statements is correct?

All else the same, firms with stable, predictable income streams will be able to: