Suppose that you are analysing the capital requirements for your Corporation for next year. You forecast that the company will need $15 million to fund all of its positive-NPV projects and you job is to determine how to raise the money. The corporation’s net income is $11 million, and it has paid a $2 dividend per share (DPS) for the past several years (1 million shares of common stock are outstanding); its shareholders expect the dividend to remain constant for the next several years. The company’s target capital structure is 30% debt and 70% equity. D. Can the company maintain its current capital structure, maintain its current dividend per share, and maintain a $15 million capital budget without having to raise new common stock? Why or why not? E. Suppose management is firmly opposed to cutting the dividend; that is, it wishes to maintain the $2 dividend for the next year. Suppose also that the company is committed to funding all profitable projects and is willing to issue more debt (along with the available retained earnings) to help finance the company’s capital budget. Assume the resulting change in capital structure has a minimal impact on the company’s composite cost of capital, so that the capital budget remains at $15 million. What portion of this year’s capital budget would have to be financed with debt?
Suppose that you are analysing the capital requirements for your Corporation for next year. You
D. Can the company maintain its current capital structure, maintain its current dividend per share, and maintain a $15 million capital budget without having to raise new common stock? Why or why not?
E. Suppose management is firmly opposed to cutting the dividend; that is, it wishes to maintain the $2 dividend for the next year. Suppose also that the company is committed to funding all profitable projects and is willing to issue more debt (along with the available
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