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Corporate Finance-IICorporate Finance-II
EMBAEMBAWinter Semester 2009Winter Semester 2009
Lahore School of EconomicsLahore School of Economics
Chapter-17Chapter-17
Financial leverage & Capital Financial leverage & Capital structure policystructure policy
Financial leverage & Capital structure policyFinancial leverage & Capital structure policy
Learning Objectives
Capital structure?
Effect of Financial Leverage?
M&M Propositions?
Corporate Taxes & Capital Structure?
Optimal Capital Structure?
Bankruptcy Process & Costs?
The Capital StructureQuestion
What is it?….
How much Debt relative to Equity should a firm have?
What should be the Borrowing policy?
Capital Structure
Restructuring..
If a firm wants to increase D/E ratio (increase borrowing) What could it do…? (keeping its assets same)
Capital Structure
Restructuring..
If a firm wants to increase D/E ratio (increase borrowing) What could it do…? (keeping its assets same)
Issue Bonds & use the cash proceeds to buy Shares!
Capital Structure
Restructuring..
If a firm wants to decrease D/E ratio (reduce borrowing) What could it do…? (keeping its assets same)
Capital Structure
Restructuring..
If a firm wants to decrease D/E ratio (reduce borrowing) What could it do…? (keeping its assets same)
Issue Stock & use the cash to pay off Debt!
Firm value & Stock Value – An Example
The Market value of JJ Sprint company is $1000. The company currently has no debt, & JJ Sprint’s 100 shares sell for $10 each. Further suppose that JJ Sprint restructures itself by borrowing $500 & then paying out the proceeds to shareholders as an extra dividend of $5 per share.
Firm value & Stock Value – An Example
Debt plus Dividend
No Debt I II III
Debt $0 $500 $500 $500
Equity 1000 750 500 250
Firm Value
1000 1250 1000 750Debt plus Dividend
I II III
Equity Value reduction
-250 -500 -750
Dividends 500 +500 500
Net Effect +250
0 -250
Firm Value & Stock ValueThis means..
Change in the value of the firm is the same as the net effect on the stockholders.
Financial Managers can try to find the Capital structure that maximizes the value of the firm
Capital Structure
How should the firm approach this decision?..
Maximization of shareholder value
Maximization of Share price
Same as:
Maximizing the whole value of the Firm!
Capital Structure & The cost of Capital
Alternatively:
Firm should focus on Minimizing WACC. As, WACC is the appropriate discount rate for the firm’s overall Cash flows. Because values & discount rates move in opposite directions:
Minimizing WACC should result in:
Maximizing Value!
Capital Structure & The cost of Capital
And so..
Optimal Capital Structure (D/E ratio) represents lowest
possible WACC
Also called: TARGET Capital Structure
The effect of financial leverage
Effects of Financial Leverage?..
Financial Leverage refers to the extent to which a firm relies on Debt.
More Debt means MORE leverage
THE Effects of Financial Leverage - Example
We consider case of company X which has no debt & is considering restructuring to include debt in its capital structure.
We look at DEBT & NO DEBT situations
Taxes are ignored
THE Effects of Financial Leverage - Example
Current Proposed
Assets $8,000,000 $8,000,000
Debt 0 4,000,000
Equity 8,000,000 4,000,000
Debt-Equity Ratio
0 1
Share Price 20 20
# of Shares 400,000 200,000
Interest Rate 10% 10%
THE Effects of Financial Leverage - Example
Current Capital Structure: No DebtRecession Normal Expansion
EBIT $500,000 $1,000,000 $1,500,000
Interest ? ? ?
Net Income ? ? ?
ROE ? ? ?
EPS ? ? ?
THE Effects of Financial Leverage - Example
Current Capital Structure: No DebtRecession Normal Expansion
EBIT $500,000 $1,000,000 $1,500,000
Interest 0 0 0
Net Income 500,000 1,000,000 1,500,000
ROE 6.25% 12.5% 18.75%
EPS 1.25 2.50 3.75
THE Effects of Financial Leverage - Example
Current Capital Structure: Debt - $4 Million
Recession Normal Expansion
EBIT $500,000 $1,000,000 $1,500,000
Interest ? ? ?
Net Income ? ? ?
ROE ? ? ?
EPS ? ? ?
THE Effects of Financial Leverage - Example
Current Capital Structure: Debt - $4 Million
Recession Normal Expansion
EBIT $500,000 $1,000,000 $1,500,000
Interest 400,000 400,000 400,000
Net Income 100,000 600,000 1,100,000
ROE 2.50% 15.50% 27.50%
EPS 0.50 3.00 5.50
Leverage & EPS
$0.00
$1.00
$2.00
$3.00
$4.00
$5.00
$6.00
Recession Expected Expansion
EPS No Debt EPS Debt
THE Effects of Financial Leverage - Example
Leverage & ROE
0.00%
5.00%
10.00%
15.00%
20.00%
25.00%
30.00%
Recession Expected Expansion
ROE No Debt ROE w /Debt
THE Effects of Financial Leverage - Example
Leverage & Net Income
$0$200,000$400,000$600,000$800,000
$1,000,000$1,200,000$1,400,000$1,600,000
Recession Expected Expansion
Net Income No Debt Net Income w/Debt
THE Effects of Financial Leverage - Example
EPS & EBIT Slopes (Leverage)
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
4
5
0 400000 800000 1200000
EBIT
EP
S
EPS No debt EPS w /debt
Debt disadvantage
Debt Advantage
EPS Becomes sensitive to Leverage
THE Effects of Financial Leverage - Example
Finding the BE point..
With NO Debt…
EPS = EBIT/400,000 shares
With DEBT
EPS = (EBIT-$400,000 / 200,000 shares)
Break even point is the point where EBIT is such that EPS under both scenarios is same:
Break Even EBIT = ?
THE Effects of Financial Leverage - Example
Finding the BE point..
With NO Debt:
EPS = EBIT/400,000 shares
With DEBT:
EPS = (EBIT-$400,000 / 200,000 shares)
Break even point is the point where EBIT is such that EPS under both scenarios is same:
EBIT = 800,000 & EPS = $2
This is the indifference point
Capital Structure & Break Even Point
Leverage is …
Beneficial if EBIT is ABOVE Break-even EBIT
&
Not beneficial if EBIT is BELOW Break-even EBIT
Capital Structure & Break-even point - Example
Suppose ABL has decided to increase its D/E ratio. It wants to increase Debt from Rs 1,500,000 to 10,000,000. The interest rate on this will be 16%. ABL has 750,000 shares outstanding which sell for Rs 85. If the restructuring increases the ROE. Calculate the indifference point or BE point for ABL!
Capital Structure & Break-even point - Example
Step 1: Calculate Interest Expense under both scenarios:
Interest expense current capital structure:= Debt * Interest Rate= 1500000*0.16 = 240000
Interest Expense NEW Capital Structure:= Debt * Interest Rate = 10000000 x .16 = 1600000
Capital Structure & Break-even point - Example
Step 2: Calculate No. of shares outstanding under both scenarios
Total # of shares under Current Capital structure = 750,000
# of shares repurchased under New Capital structure:= Increase in Debt / Price per share= (10M – 1.5M)/85= 100,000
Total # of shares outstanding under new capital structure= Already Outstanding Shares – Shares Repurchased= 750,000 – 100,000= 650,000
Step 3: Getting Break-even EBIT
Break-even point is the point where EPS under both scenarios is equal:
EPS WITH Current Capital Structure:
= (EBIT – 240,000)/750,000
EPS with NEW capital Structure:
= (EBIT – 1.6mm)/650,000
Capital Structure & Break-even point - Example
Step 3: Getting Break-even EBIT
Break-even point is the point where EPS under both scenarios is equal:
Break-even EBIT:
(EBIT-240000)/750,000 = (EBIT – 1.6M)/650,000
EBIT – 1.6M = 650000/750000 x (EBIT – 240000)
EBIT – 1.6M = (0.866 EBIT) – 207840
0.134 EBIT = 1.6M – 207840
EBIT = 10,389,254
Capital Structure & Break-even point - Example
Verifying EPS:
If EBIT is 10,389,254 then using equations we get:
No Debt: EPS = (10389254 - 240000)/750,000 = 13.53
Debt: EPS = (10389254 – 1.6M)/650,000 = 13.52
Capital Structure & Break-even point - Example
Capital Structure
Leverage Conclusions..
Capital Structure
Leverage Conclusions..
1. Effect of Leverage depends on EBIT.When EBIT is high, leverage is beneficial
2. Leverage increases returns (indicated by ROE & EPS)
3. Risk increases with Leverage (variability of ER’s)
Corporate Borrowing & Home Made Leverage
Home Made Leverage: The use of personal borrowings to change the overall amount of financial leverage to which the individual is exposed.
Home Made Leverage - Example
Proposed Capital Structure
Recession Expected Expansion
EPS 0.50 3.00 5.50
Earnings for 100 shares
50 300 550
Net Cost = 100 shares * $20 = $2000
Original Capital Structure & home made Leverage
EPS 1.25 2.50 3.75
Earnings for 200 shares
250 500 750
Less: Interest @ 10% 200 200 200
Net Cost = (200 shares *20) – Amount Borrowed = 2000
Corporate Borrowing & Home Made Leverage
1. Home Made Leverage simply means, the investors can replicate the firm’s capital structure by using the same D/E ratio’s.
2. And investors can adjust their D/E to get different payoffs.
Thus, this implies…
The firm’s choice of capital structure does not matter!
Therefore,
The stock price should not be affected by capital structure, although the payoff’s do.
ASSIGNEMENT # 4 (5Quetsions)Q1: XYZ Corp has no debt outstanding & a total Market Value of
$150,000, EBIT is projected to be $15,000, if economic conditions are normal. If there is strong Expansion in the economy, then EBIT will be 30% higher. If there is recession, then EBIT will be 60% lower. XYZ is considering a $60,000 debt issue with a 5% interest rate. The proceeds will be used to repurchase shares of stock. There are currently 2500 shares of stock outstanding. Ignore taxes for this problem.
A) Calculate EPS under each of the three economic scenarios before any debt is issued. Also, calculate the percentage change in EPS when the economy expands or enters a recession.
B) Repeat Part (a) assuming that XYZ goes through with re-capitalization. What do you observe?
Q#1 (Continued)
C) Repeat part (a) & (b) assuming XYZ Corp has a tax rate of 35%.
D) Suppose XYZ Corp has a Market to Book ratio of 1. Calculate ROE under each of the three economic scenarios before any debt is issued. Also, calculate percentage change in ROE for economic Expansions & Recession assuming No taxes.
E) Repeat Part (D) assuming the firm goes through recapitalization.
F) Repeat part (D) & (E) assuming the firm has a tax rate of 35%.
Q#2 Break – EVEN EBIT
Malang Fabric Manufacturing is comparing two different capital structures, an all equity plan (Plan I) & a levered plan (Plan II). Under Plan I, Malang would have 150,000 shares of stock outstanding. Under Plan II there would be 60,000 shares of stock outstanding & 15 million Rupees in Debt outstanding. The interest rate on debt is 10% and there are no taxes.
A) If EBIT is 2million Rupees which plan will result in the higher EPS?
B) If EBIT is 7million Rupees, which plan will result in the higher EPS?
C) What is the Break – Even EBIT?
Q#3Break – Even EBIT with Taxes
Shantou Beverage is comparing two different capital structures. Plan I would result in 1,100 shares of stock outstanding 17 million yaun in Debt. Plan II would result in 900 shares of stock & 28 million yaun in Debt. Interest rate is 10%.
A) Ignoring taxes, compare both these plans to an all equity plan assuming that EBIT will be 10 million yaun. The all – Equity plan would result in 1,400 shares of stock outstanding. Which of these plans has the Highest EPS? The lowest?
Q#3 Continued
B) In part (A), what are the Break – even levels of EBIT for each plan as compared to that for all – equity plan? Is one higher than the other?
C) Ignoring taxes, when will EPS be identical for Plans I & II.
D) Repeat Parts (A), (B) & (C) assuming that the corporate tax rate is 40%.
Q#4 Home Made Leverage
Valencia Items, a prominent consumer products firm is debating whether or not to convert its all equity capital structure to one that is 40% debt. Currently, there are 2,000 shares outstanding and the price per share is 70 Euros. EBIT is expected to remain at 16,000 Euros per year forever. The interest rate on new debt is 10% & there are no Taxes.
A)Ms. Aznar, a shareholder of the firm owned 100 shares of stock. What is her Cash flow under the current capital structure? Assume that she keeps all 100 of her shares.
Q#4 Continued
B)Suppose Valencia does convert, but Ms Aznar prefers the current all Equity capital structure. Show how she could unlever her shares of stock to recreate the original capital structure.
C)Suppose Valencia does not convert, but Ms Aznar prefers a capital Structure that is 70% Debt. Show how she could lever her shares of stock to recreate the original capital Structure.
Q#5 Home Made leverage
ABC Co. & XYZ Co. are identical firms in all respects except for their capital structure. ABC is all-equity financed with $600,000 in stock. XYZ uses both stock & perpetual Debt; its stock is worth $400,000 & the interest rate on its debt is 9%. Both firms expect EBIT to be $75,000. Ignore Taxes.
A)Maichin owns $30,000 worth of XYZ’s stock. What rate of return is she expecting?
B)Show how Maichin could generate exactly the same cash flows & rate of return by investing in ABC & using home Made leverage.
Financial leverage & Capital structure policyFinancial leverage & Capital structure policy
Learning Objectives
Capital structure?
Effect of Financial Leverage?
M&M Propositions?
Corporate Taxes & Capital Structure?
Optimal Capital Structure?
Bankruptcy Process & Costs?
Capital Structure & the cost of Equity Capital
M&M Proposition I with no Taxes
What we have just discovered regarding Capital Structure & the firm’s value through home-made leverage is proposed by Franco & Merton as the M&M proposition I which states:
The Value of the Firm is Independent of its capital structure
Or
It is irrelevant how a firm chooses its financing
M&M Pie
Stocks, 30%
Bonds, 70%
Stocks Bonds
M&M Pie
Stocks,
70%
Bonds,
30%Stocks
Bonds
M&M Proposition I-The Pie Model
M&M Proposition II with no taxes
Although Firm’s value may not change,
D/E is certainly affected…
The cost of Equity & Financial Leverage
M&M Proposition II with no taxes WACC = (E/V) x Re + (D/V) x Rd
If we re-arrange for cost of equity –Re- we get:
Re = WACC + (WACC-Rd)*(D/E)Or
Re = Ra + (Ra-Rd)*(D/E) (Ra = WACC)
This is M&M Proposition II!
The cost of Equity & Financial Leverage
The cost of Equity & Financial Leverage
M&M Proposition II with no taxes
Re = Ra + (Ra-Rd)*(D/E) (Ra = WACC)
It says cost of Equity depends on 3 things:
Ra = required return on Firm’s assets
Rd = Firm’s cost of Debt
D/E = Firm’s debt/equity ratio
RequiredReturn
WACC
D/E (debt to equity ratio)
Rd (cost of debt)
Ra
Re (cost of equity)r + (r -
rd)D/E
Cost of equity & wacc: m&m Proposition I & II WITHOUT taxes
The cost of Equity & Financial Leverage
M&M Proposition II without Taxes
Point to Note:
WACC does not depend on the D/E ratio
Another way to look at M&M II is:
The firm’s overall Cost of Capital (WACC) is unaffected by its Capital Structure
As debt increases, cost of equity also increases to offset lower debt cost!
So the WACC stays the same!
Capital markets are perfect•Markets are frictionless. •Perfect competition in product and securities markets. •Information efficiency. •Agents are perfectly rational and maximize utility.
There are no costs to bankruptcyAll cash flow streams are perpetuities and no growth is allowed. Managers always maximize shareholders’ wealth •(imply no agency costs) Homemade leverage is a perfect substitute
Assumptions used in M&M II
M&M Proposition without taxes -Evidence on Capital Structure
1) More profitable firms tend to use less leverage.
2) High-growth firms borrow less than mature firms do.
3) Firms’ asset base influence capital structure choice.
4) Stock market generally views leverage-increasing events positively.
5) Tax deductibility of interest gives firms an incentive to use debt.
M&M II Without Taxes - Example
Company X has WACC of 12%. It can borrow at 8%. If X chooses a capital structure of 80% Equity & 20% debt. Calculate the cost of equity?
If X changes to 50% equity & 50% debt, what is cost of equity?
What happens to WACC given different Capital Structures?
M&M II WITHOUT Taxes- Example
Company X has WACC of 12%. It can borrow at 8%. If X chooses a capital structure of 80% Equity & 20% debt. Calculate the cost of equity?
Step 1: Get cost of equity, ReRe = Ra + (Ra-Rd)*(D/E)
= 12% + (12-8%)*(.25)= 13%
M&M II WITHOUT TAXES- Example
Company X has WACC of 12%. It can borrow at 8%. If X chooses a capital structure of 80% Equity & 20% debt.
If X changes to 50% equity & 50% debt, what is cost of equity?
Re = Ra + (Ra-Rd)*(D/E) = 12% + (12-8)*(1)
= 16%
M&M II WITHOUT TAXES- Example
Company X has WACC of 12%. It can borrow at 8%. If X chooses a capital structure of 80% Equity & 20% debt. What happens to WACC given different Capital Structures?
Step 2: Get WACC for both cases (80/20 & 50/50)WACC (80/20) = (.8*13%) + (.2*8%)
= 12%
WACC (50/50) = (.5*16%) + (.5*8%)= 12%
NOTE: WACC does not change with change in Capital Structure!
Total systematic risk of firm’s equity has two parts:
Business Risk
Equity risk which comes from the nature of firm’s operating activities
Financial Risk
Equity risk which comes from the capital structure choice
M&M Proposition II –Business & Financial Risk
M&M Proposition II –Business & Financial RiskAccording to M&M II with No Taxes, there are two types of Risks inherent in cost of equity:
Business Risk
Depends on the nature of the business & is compensated through Ra (WACC)
Financial Risk
Depends on debt financing & is compensated through
[(Ra – Rd)*D/E] - zero for all equity company
Point to Note:
A Firm’s Cost of Equity increases as debt increases
…purely because of financial risk portion–
NOT business risk
M&M Proposition II –Business & Financial Risk
Financial leverage & Capital structure policyFinancial leverage & Capital structure policy
Learning Objectives
Capital structure?
Effect of Financial Leverage?
M&M Propositions?
Corporate Taxes & Capital Structure?
Optimal Capital Structure?
Bankruptcy Process & Costs?
Features of Debt:
1. Interest is tax deductible (good)
2. Failure to pay debt causes bankruptcy (not good)
We look at taxes first…
M&M Proposition I & II WITH CORPORATE TAXES
We look at 2 firms…
Firm E (equity) & D (debt)
1. Same LHS of balance sheet = same assets
2. D has issued $1000 worth of perpetual Bonds at 8%
3. Interest bill is $80 per year forever
4. Tax rate is 30%
M&M Proposition I & II WITH CORPORATE TAXES – Example
M&M Proposition I & II WITH CORPORATE TAXES – Example
Firm E Firm D
EBIT 1,000 1,000
Interest 0 80
EBT 1000 960
Taxes (30%) 300 276
Net Income 700 644
M&M Proposition I & II WITH CORPORATE TAXES – Example
Cash flow from Assets Firm E Firm D
EBIT $1,000 $1,000
Taxes 300 276
Total 700 724
M&M Proposition I & II WITH CORPORATE TAXES – Example
Cash flow Firm E Firm D
To Stockholders
$700 $644
To Bondholders
0 80
Total 700 724
M&M Proposition I & II WITH CORPORATE TAXES – Example
We Observe…
Debt firm D will earn $24 extra every year.
This means…
Debt firm’s value is more than E by PV of $24 Perpetuity
So.. Risk of this additional $24?
Since this Tax shield is derived from interest, therefore, the risk is same as that of debt…
Which means, it’s discount rate is same 8% as debt.
M&M Proposition I & Taxes
Value of Tax Shield…
PV of tax shield = PV of Tax Benefit (Perpetuity):
PV of tax shield = 24/ .08
= (.30 * 1000 *.08)/.08
= (0.30*1000)
= 300
PV of interest tax shield = (T*D*Rd) / Rd
= T * D
M&M Proposition I & II WITH CORPORATE TAXES – Example
M&M Proposition I & Corporate Taxes
Putting it together…
We have seen,
Value of Firm D (Vd) > value of Firm E (Ve) by PV of Tax shield
In other words…
Vd = Ve + (T*D)
Lets look at an interpretation…
Total Debt
Value No Debt
Value of firm with DebtVd = Ve+
(T*D)
M&M I with taxesFirm’s value increases with Debt due to Interest Tax
Shield (slope = T)
Ve=value w/no debt
Valu
e o
f th
e
firm
This means…
Value of Firm goes UP by the tax rate T..
For every $1 additional Debt, Value of Firm increases by $0.3
Or
The NPV per dollar of Debt is $0.3
Therefore:
Higher debt results in lower WACC (since the Mkt value is higher)
M&M PROPOSITION I with taxes
M&M Proposition I & II WITH CORPORATE TAXES – Example
Firm E Firm D
EBIT 1,000 1,000
Interest 0 80
EBT 1000 960
Taxes (30%) 300 276
Net Income 700 644
M&M Proposition I & II WITH CORPORATE TAXES – Example
Suppose that cost of capital (Unlevered) for Firm E is 10%. Firm E’s cash flows is $700 every year forever & since it has no debt then, appropriate Discount Rate is 10%. Then,
Value of Firm E = NI / Ra= 700/ 0.10= 7,000
Value of Firm D = ?
M&M Proposition I & II WITH CORPORATE TAXES – Example
Suppose that cost of capital (Unlevered) for Firm E is 10%. Firm E’s cash flows is $700 every year forever & since it has no debt then, appropriate Discount Rate is 10%. Then,
Value of Firm E = NI / Ra= 700/ 0.10= 7,000
Value of Firm D = Vu + (T*D)= 7,000 +( 0.30*1000)= 7,300
M&M PROPOSITION I with taxes
Conclusion:
Debt Increases Value of Firm due to Tax shield!
So….
The more Debt, the better
A Firm should maximize borrowing
M&M II with corporate Taxes - Preview
M&M Proposition II without Taxes:
WACC = (E/V) x Re + (D/V) x Rd
Re = Ra + (Ra-Rd)*(D/E) (Ra = WACC)
If, we introduce taxes, then?
M&M II with corporate Taxes - Preview
M&M Proposition II without Taxes:
WACC = (E/V) x Re + (D/V) x Rd
Re = Ra + (Ra-Rd)*(D/E)
(Ra = WACC for unlevered firm)
If, we introduce taxes, then:
WACC = (E/V) x Re + (D/V)*Rd*(1-T)
Re = Ra + (Ra – Rd)*(1-T)*(D/E)
(Ra = WACC for unlevered firm)
We look at 2 firms…
Firm E (equity) & D (debt)
1. Same LHS of balance sheet = same assets
2. D has issued $1000 worth of perpetual Bonds at 8%
3. Interest bill is $80 per year forever
4. Tax rate is 30%, Cost of Capital for Firm E = 10%
5. Value of Firm E = 7,000 & Value of Firm D = 7,300
6. Re for Firm L = ?
7. WACC for Firm L = ?
M&M Proposition II WITH CORPORATE TAXES – Example
M&M Proposition II WITH CORPORATE TAXES – Example
ReL = Ra + (Ra – Rd)*(1-T)*(D/E)
= 10% + (10 – 8%)*(1-0.30)*(1000/6300)= 10.22%
WACCL
= [(E/V) *Re] + [(D/V)*Rd*(1-T)]= [(6300/7300)*10.22%] + [(1000/7300)*8*(0.70)]= 9.6%
M&M Proposition II WITH CORPORATE TAXES
Ra = 10%
Re
WACC
Rd*(1-t)
Re = 10.22%
WACC = 9.6%
Rd = 5.6%
D/E = 1000/6,300
Debt-Equity Ratio
M&M Proposition I & II WITH CORPORATE TAXES – Example
You are given following information about XYZ co. :EBIT = $151.52T = 0.34D = 500Ru = 0.20
The cost of debt capital is 10%. What is the value of XYZ’s Equity? What is the cost of Equity Capital for XYZ? What is the WACC?
M&M Proposition I & II WITH CORPORATE TAXES – Example
Step 1: Calculate Value of the firm if it had NO Debt:Vu = EBIT(1 – T) / Ru
= $500
Step 2: Calculate Value of the Firm with Debt:VL = Vu + (T*D)
= 500 + (0.34*500)= 670
M&M Proposition I & II WITH CORPORATE TAXES – Example
Step 3: Calculate Value of Equity:E = VL – D
= 670 – 500= 170
Step 4: Calculate Cost of Equity:ReL = Ra + (Ra – Rd)*(1-T)*(D/E)
= 0.2 + (0.2 – 0.1)*(1-0.34)*(500/170)= 39.4%
M&M Proposition I & II WITH CORPORATE TAXES – Example
Step 5: Calculate WACCWACC = (E/V) x Re + (D/V)*Rd*(1-T)= [(170/670)*39.4%] + [(500/670)*10%*(1-0.34)]= 14.92%
What is Bankruptcy?…
Bankruptcy Costs
What is Bankruptcy?…
As the Debt-Equity Ratio rises, so too does the probability that the firm will be unable to pay its bondholders what was promised to them.
When this happens, ownership of the firm’s Asset is ultimately transferred from the stock holders to Bondholders.
A firm becomes Bankrupt when the Value of its Assets equal the Value of its Debt.
Bankruptcy Costs
Stockholders: try to avoid bankruptcy while in control
Bondholders: want bankruptcy to get their money
This makes both groups fight…
Disrupting operations of the business & reducing the value of sales & assets!
Bankruptcy Costs - drivers
Three types of Bankruptcy Costs…
Direct bankruptcy costs
Indirect bankruptcy costs
Bankruptcy Costs
Direct bankruptcy costs…
When value of Assets = Debt
Means…
Equity = 0, and firm is economically bankrupt!
The administrative costs associated with the legal process of turning assets to bondholders
Bankruptcy Costs – Direct Bankruptcy Costs
Indirect bankruptcy costs…
When a firm has significant problems in meeting debt obligations, it is in financial distress
The costs associated with AVOIDING a bankruptcy filing.
NOTE: Costs associated with bankruptcy exceed tax-related gains from leverage
Bankruptcy Costs – Indirect Bankruptcy Costs
Good Points (Low D/E)
Tax shield adds value
Probability of Bankruptcy is low
Benefit of Debt outweighs costs (at low D/E)
Bad points (High D/E)
Possibility of financial distress increased
Benefit of Debt offset by Financial distress costs!
Optimal Cap Structure obviously is b/w these 2 extremes
Optimal Capital Structure