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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.
Firm LM’s debt to asset ratio is 25%, total assets is $800,000, EBIT is $60,000 and number of shares outstanding is 15000 with an interest rate of 8% Firm QR on the other hand, has debt to total asset ratio of 50% with $400,000 as assets, $70,000 as EBIT. It has an interest rate of 10% and has 25,000 shares outstanding. Marginal tax rate is 40% for both the firms.
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