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The purpose of this assignment is to analyze a firm’s capital structure and its impact on firm
performance. Within the assignment, explain core concepts related to business risk and
recommend sound financial decisions based on analysis of a firm’s capital structure and capital
budgeting techniques.
Read the Chapter 15 Mini Case in Financial Management: Theory and Practice. Using
complete sentences and academic vocabulary, please answer questions a and b.
Using the mini case information, write a 250-500 word recommendation of the financial
decisions you propose for this company based on an analysis of its capital structure and capital
budgeting techniques. Explain why you chose this recommendation.See attached
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The purpose of this assignment is to analyze a firm’s capital structure and its impact on firm
performance. Within the assignment, explain core concepts related to business risk and
recommend sound financial decisions based on analysis of a firm’s capital structure and capital
budgeting techniques.
Read the Chapter 15 Mini Case in Financial Management: Theory and Practice. Using
complete sentences and academic vocabulary, please answer questions a and b.
Using the mini case information, write a 250-500 word recommendation of the financial
decisions you propose for this company based on an analysis of its capital structure and capital
budgeting techniques. Explain why you chose this recommendation.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is
expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines,
which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
Mini Case details:
Assume you have just been hired as a business manager of Pizza Palace, a regional pizza
restaurant chain. The company’s EBIT was $120 million last year and is not expected to grow.
Pizza Palace is in the 25% state-plus-federal tax bracket, the risk-free rate is 6 per-cent, and the
market risk premium is 6 percent. The firm is currently financed with all equity, and it has 10
million shares outstanding. When you took your corporate finance course, your instructor stated
that most firms’ owners would be financially better off if the firms used some debt. When you
suggested this to your new boss, he encouraged you to pursue the idea. If the company were to
recapitalize, then debt would be issued, and the funds received would be used to repurchase
stock. As a first step, assume that you obtained from the firm’s investment banker the following
estimated costs of debt for the firm at different capital structures: Percent Financed with Debt,
wdrd 0% — 20 8.0%30 8.540 10.050 12.0
a. Using the free cash flow valuation model, show the only avenues by which capital structure
can affect value.
b. (1) What is business risk? What factors influence a firm’s business risk?(2) What is operating
leverage, and how does it affect a firm’s business risk? Show the operating break-even point if a
company has fixed costs of $200, a sales price of $15, and variable costs of $10.
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The purpose of this assignment is to analyze a firm’s capital structure and its impact on firm
performance. Within the assignment, explain core concepts related to business risk and
recommend sound financial decisions based on analysis of a firm’s capital structure and capital
budgeting techniques.
Read the Chapter 15 Mini Case in Financial Management: Theory and Practice. Using
complete sentences and academic vocabulary, please answer questions a and b.
Using the mini case information, write a 250-500 word recommendation of the financial
decisions you propose for this company based on an analysis of its capital structure and capital
budgeting techniques. Explain why you chose this recommendation.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is
expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines,
which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
Mini Case details:
Assume you have just been hired as a business manager of Pizza Palace, a regional pizza
restaurant chain. The company’s EBIT was $120 million last year and is not expected to grow.
Pizza Palace is in the 25% state-plus-federal tax bracket, the risk-free rate is 6 per-cent, and the
market risk premium is 6 percent. The firm is currently financed with all equity, and it has 10
million shares outstanding. When you took your corporate finance course, your instructor stated
that most firms’ owners would be financially better off if the firms used some debt. When you
suggested this to your new boss, he encouraged you to pursue the idea. If the company were to
recapitalize, then debt would be issued, and the funds received would be used to repurchase
stock. As a first step, assume that you obtained from the firm’s investment banker the following
estimated costs of debt for the firm at different capital structures: Percent Financed with Debt,
wdrd 0% — 20 8.0%30 8.540 10.050 12.0
a. Using the free cash flow valuation model, show the only avenues by which capital structure
can affect value.
b. (1) What is business risk? What factors influence a firm’s business risk?(2) What is operating
leverage, and how does it affect a firm’s business risk? Show the operating break-even point if a
company has fixed costs of $200, a sales price of $15, and variable costs of $10.
This study source was downloaded by 100000816126999 from CourseHero.com on 12-12-2023 16:41:23 GMT -06:00
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