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Capital Structure and Leverage
Capital Structure and Leverage
Probability
High risk
0
E(EBIT)
EBIT
13-3
13-4
Effect of operating
leverage
Rev.
$
TC
} Profit
TC
FC
FC
QBE
Sales
QBE
Sales
Probability
EBITL
EBITH
13-7
An example:
Illustrating effects of financial
leverage
Firm L
$10,000 of 12% debt
in assets
$20,000 in assets
rate 40% tax rate
13-9
Firm U: Unleveraged
Prob.
EBIT
Interest
EBT
Taxes (40%)
NI
Economy
Bad
Avg.
0.25
0.50
$2,000
$3,000
0
0
$2,000
$3,000
800
1,200
$1,200
$1,800
Good
0.25
$4,000
0
$4,000
1,600
$2,400
13-10
Firm L: Leveraged
Prob.*
EBIT*
Interest
EBT
Taxes (40%)
NI
Economy
Bad
Avg.
0.25
0.50
$2,000
$3,000
1,200
1,200
$ 800
$1,800
320
720
$ 480
$1,080
Good
0.25
$4,000
1,200
$2,800
1,120
$1,680
FIRM L
BEP
ROE
TIE
15.0%
9.0%
20.0%
12.0%
15.0%
10.8%
2.50x
20.0%
16.8%
3.30x
13-12
2.5x
Risk Measures:
Firm U
Firm L
ROE2.12%
4.24%
CVROE
0.24 0.39
13-13
13-14
Conclusions
D/A
ratio
D/E
ratio
Bond
rating
kd
--
--
250
0.125
0.1429
AA
8.0%
500
0.250
0.3333
9.0%
750
0.375
0.6000
BBB
11.5%
1,000
0.500
1.0000
BB
14.0%
13-18
13-19
80,000
$3.00
13-20
80,000- 10,000
$3.26
Sharesrepurchase
d
EBIT
$400,000
TIE
20x
Int Exp $20,000
13-21
80,000- 20,000
$3.55
Sharesrepurchase
d
EBIT
$400,000
TIE
8.9x
Int Exp $45,000
13-22
80,000- 30,000
$3.77
Sharesrepurchase
d
EBIT
$400,000
TIE
4.6x
Int Exp $86,250
13-23
80,000- 40,000
$3.90
Sharesrepurchase
d
EBIT
$400,000
TIE
2.9x
Int Exp $140,000
13-24
ks - g
ks
ks
D/A
ratio
D/E Levered
ratio
Beta
0.00%
0.00% 1.00
ks
12.00%
250
12.50
14.29
1.09
12.51
500
25.00
33.33
1.20
13.20
750
37.50
60.00
1.36
14.16
1,000
50.00
100.00
1.60
15.60
13-30
Minimizes WACC.
Maximizes stock price.
E/A
ratio
ks
kd (1 T) WACC
12.00%
87.50
12.51
4.80
11.55
75.00
13.20
5.40
11.25
62.50
14.16
6.90
11.44
50.00
15.60
8.40
12.00
DPS
ks
P0
$3.00
12.00%
$25.00
250,000
3.26
12.51
26.03
500,000
3.55
13.20
26.89
750,000
3.77
14.16
26.59
1,000,000
3.90
15.60
25.00
13-33
13-34
Sales stability?
High operating leverage?
Increase in the corporate tax rate?
Increase in the personal tax rate?
Increase in bankruptcy costs?
Management spending lots of
money on lavish perks?
13-38
Modigliani-Miller Irrelevance
Theory
Value of Stock
MM result
Actual
No leverage
0
D1
D2
D/A
13-39
Modigliani-Miller Irrelevance
Theory
13-40
Incorporating signaling
effects
Assume:
13-42
Conclusions on Capital
Structure