CORPORATE FINANCE >C<
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Chapter 16, Problem 2CQ
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To determine: Whether the given information is true or false.
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In the real world when there are no taxes, no expenses of fiscal distress, and no transaction cost, a company issues some equity to repurchase few debts, rate per share of the company’s stock will increase because the shares are lesser riskier.
Introduction:
Modigliani-Miller theory:
Professors Modigliani and Miller made a research on capital structure theory very intensely. From the analysis, it is found that they formed a capital structure irrelevant proposal.
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A firm is planning to borrow money to make an equity repurchase to increase its stock price. It is basing its analysis on the fact that there will be fewer shares outstanding after the repurchases, and higher earnings per share. There are no taxes.
a. Will earnings per share always increase after such an action? Explain.b. Will the higher earnings per share always translate into a higher stock price? Explain.c. Under what conditions will such a transaction lead to a higher price?
a. What is the relationship between the expected return of a stock and its fair expected return? When is a stock underpriced, overpriced, or fairly priced?
b. Explain what happens to the firm’s cost of equity, cost of debt, and cost of capital when the firm increases the amount of debt in its capital structure. Assume all Modigliani and Miller assumptions hold and that there are no taxes.
c. How can we use the internal rate of return to evaluate whether we should pursue a specific project? Should we pursue a project when the cost of capital is higher than the internal rate of return?
which one is correct please confirm?
QUESTION 21
Finance researcher Myron Gordon argues that ____.
a.
the clientele effect has no influence on share value
b.
the existence of transaction costs has no impact on the dividend decision
c.
dividends reduce uncertainty, and thus the payment of dividends will increase the firm's value
d.
risk-averse shareholders may prefer some dividends over the promise of future capital gains if the interest rate is expected to decline
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CORPORATE FINANCE >C<
Ch. 16 - MM Assumptions List the three assumptions that lie...Ch. 16 - Prob. 2CQCh. 16 - Prob. 3CQCh. 16 - MM Propositions What is the quirk in the tax code...Ch. 16 - Prob. 5CQCh. 16 - Prob. 6CQCh. 16 - Optimal Capital Structure Is there an easily...Ch. 16 - Financial Leverage Why is the use of debt...Ch. 16 - Homemade Leverage What is homemade leverage?Ch. 16 - Capital Structure Goal What is the basic goal of...
Ch. 16 - Prob. 1QPCh. 16 - EBIT, Taxes, and Leverage Repeat p arts (a) and...Ch. 16 - ROE and Leverage Suppose the company in Problem 1...Ch. 16 - Break-Even EBIT Franklin Corporation is comparing...Ch. 16 - Prob. 5QPCh. 16 - Break-Even EBIT and Leverage Kolby Corp. is...Ch. 16 - Leverage and Stock Value Ignoring taxes in Problem...Ch. 16 - Homemade Leverage Star, Inc., a prominent consumer...Ch. 16 - Homemade Leverage and WACC ABC Co. and XYZ Co. are...Ch. 16 - MM Scarlett Corp. uses no debt. The weighted...Ch. 16 - Prob. 11QPCh. 16 - Calculating WACC Weston Industries has a...Ch. 16 - Prob. 13QPCh. 16 - MM and Taxes Bruce Co. expects its EBIT to be...Ch. 16 - MM and Taxes In Problem 14, what is the cost of...Ch. 16 - MM Proposition I Levered, Inc., and Unlevered,...Ch. 16 - MM Tool Manufacturing bas an expected EBIT of...Ch. 16 - Firm Value Cavo Corporation expects an EBIT of...Ch. 16 - MM Proposition I with Taxes The Dart Company is...Ch. 16 - MM Proposition I without Taxes Alpha Corporation...Ch. 16 - Cost of Capital Acetate, Inc., has equity with a...Ch. 16 - Homemade Leverage The Veblen Company and the...Ch. 16 - MM Propositions Locomotive Corporation is planning...Ch. 16 - Stock Value and Leverage Green Manufacturing,...Ch. 16 - Prob. 25QPCh. 16 - Prob. 26QPCh. 16 - Prob. 27QPCh. 16 - Prob. 28QPCh. 16 - Prob. 29QPCh. 16 - Prob. 30QPCh. 16 - STEPHENSON REAL ESTATE RECAPITALIZATION Stephenson...Ch. 16 - Prob. 2MCCh. 16 - Prob. 3MCCh. 16 - Prob. 4MCCh. 16 - Prob. 5MC
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