Capital Management Flashcards
What is the degree to which a firm uses fixed operating costs, as opposed to variable operating costs?
Operating leverage
Formula for Degree of Operating Leverage
% change in EBIT / % change in Sales
What is the degree to which a firm’s use of debt to finance the firm magnifies the effects of a given percentage change in EBIT?
Financial Leverage
Formula for Degree of Financial Leverage
% change in EPS / % change in EBIT
Formula for Combined Leverage
DOL x DFL; % change in EPS / % change in Sales
Compute Weighted-average interest rate
Effective annual interest payments / debt cash available
kdx=
Cost of long-term debt
kdt=
Pre-tax cost of debt
kps=
Cost of preferred stock
Nps=
Net proceeds of preferred stocks
Dps=
Preferred stock cash dividends
Formula for Cost of preferred stock
Preferred stock cash dividends / Net proceeds of preferred stocks
krf=
Risk-free rate
PMR=
Market risk premium
Compute risk premium
Beta coefficient(bi) x market risk premium(PMR)
Compute PMR
market rate - risk-free rate(krf)
Formula for Cost of retained earning(kre) CAPM method
krf + (bi x (km - krf))
Formula for cost of retained earning(Discounted cash flow)
(D1/P0) + g