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Capital Structure of any company is the mix of different levels of debt and equity. An optimal capital structure is the appropriate mix of debt and equity, striking a balance between risk and return to achieve the goal of maximizing the price of the firm’s stock. Therefore, a target proportion of capital structure and cost of each financing can be used to determine the WACC of the company.
Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) is the required
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Proportion of debt in the target capital structure “
Proportion of preferred stock in the target capital structure “
Proportion of equity in the target capital structure “
After tax cost of debt, preferred stock,
EPS analysis at a given level of EBIT helps in determining the optimal capital structure of the firm, that is the structure at which the EPS will be the highest.
The company has $6 million in assets, $700,000 as EBIT, 80,000 shares outstanding. If the debt to total asset is 70%, the interest rate is 12% however, if the debt to total asset is 40%, the interest rate lowers to 9%. The marginal tax rate is 40%.
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