Assignment: Capital Structure PART A 1. Apple Corporation has 2.5 million shares outstanding with a market value of $2.00 each (expected return = 16%) and debt with a market value of $1‚ 000‚000 and a return of 10% Required a. What is the return on the capital of Apple Corporation? [Show all workings and formulae) [7.5 marks] 2. Samsung generates pre-tax earnings of $2‚000‚000 per year. Currently it has issued 1 million shares which sell for $10 each. Samsung has no debt in
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(1) There were many compounding factors that caused SureCut Shears to be unable to pay its bank loan by March 31‚ 1996. When looking at the pro forma income statement as compared to the actual income statement we see the following inconsistencies‚ which are contributing to SureCut’s financial problems: Anticipated Actual Dollar Loss Contributed Sales 25‚800 22‚987 2‚813 COGS (% to Sls) 70.5% 73.8% 768 Gross Profit (% to Sls) 29.5% 26.2% SG&A Expenses (% to Sls) 9.4% 10.6% 269 Total
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also called the concept of prudence? Why is it not applied as strongly today as it used to be in the Past ? (b) What is a Balance Sheet ? How does a Funds Flow Statement differ from a Balance Sheet ? Enumerate the items which are usually shown in a Balance Sheet and a Funds Flow Statement. 2 . (a) Discuss the importance of ratio analysis for inter-firm and intra-firm comparisons including circumstances responsible for its limitations .If any (b) Why do you understand by the term ‘pay-out ratio’
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Chapter 12 Capital Structure and Leverage LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter‚ students should be able to: • Explain why capital structure policy involves a trade-off between risk and return‚ and list the four primary factors that influence capital structure decisions. • Distinguish between a firm’s business risk and its financial risk. • Explain how operating leverage contributes to a firm’s business risk and conduct a breakeven analysis‚ complete with
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Jamie Deering‚ Jeffrey Harold‚ Eric Hughes‚ Kyle Leibe FIN 370 August 12‚ 2012 Prof. Thomas Prince Team C Discussion Questions What is the capital market? How is the primary market different from the secondary market? In you opinion‚ are these markets efficient? Why? The capital market is the part of the financial system concerned with raising capital by dealing in stocks‚ bonds‚ and other long term investments. A primary market is a market where a company is issuing stocks or bonds to a potential
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STRATEGY AND STRUCTURE  Top managers perceptions of the market structure and firms strengths and weaknesses determine their choice of corporate strategy and organisational structure  Both corporate strategy and organisational structure influence the economic performance of the firm and the market in which it sells  One of the main goals for strategy implementation is to achieve synergy between functions and business units (Hunger and Wheelen) Organisational Structure 
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Determinants of capital structure In finance‚ capital structure refers to the way a corporation finances its assets through some combination of equity‚ debt‚ or hybrid securities. A firm ’s capital structure is then the composition or ’structure ’ of its liabilities. Simply‚ capital structure refers to the mix of debt and equity used by a firm in financing its assets. The capital structure decision is one of the most important decisions made by financial management. The capital structure decision is
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Pro-Forma and Business Cycle Research Paper FIN/375 ‚ 2014 Pro-Forma and Business Cycle Research Paper This report will compare the pro-forma financial statement of two companies: Bank of America and General Electric also-known as GE. It will describe and summarize the comparison of both organizations and their fiscal stability. It will also detail the typical business cycle of these two companies. Pro-Forma Financial of General Electric and Bank of America General Electric and Bank of America
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Capital Structure Decisions: Which Factors are Reliably Important? Murray Z. Frank1 and Vidhan K. Goyal2 First draft: March 14‚ 2003. Current draft: December 20‚ 2003. ABSTRACT This paper examines the relative importance of 38 factors in the leverage decisions of publicly traded U.S. firms from 1950 to 2000. The most reliable factors are median industry leverage (+ effect on leverage)‚ market-to-book ratio (-)‚ collateral (+)‚ bankruptcy risk as measured by Altman’s Z-Score (-)‚ dividend-paying
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Exhibit 1 Pro Forma Balance Sheets Under Seasonal Production‚ 1994 (thousands of dollars) Actual Dec. 31‚ 1993 Casha Accounts receivableb Inventoryc Current assets Net plant and equipmentd Total assets Accounts payablee Notes payable‚ bankf Accrued taxesg Long-term debt‚ current portion Current liabilities Long-term debth Seasonal Liabilities Shareholders’ equity Total liabilities and equity Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May July Aug. Sept. Oct. $200 2‚905 586 $878 1‚060 586 $1‚526 260 586 $1
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