Capital Structure Policy: Fourth Edition
Capital Structure Policy: Fourth Edition
Capital Structure Policy: Fourth Edition
Finance
Fourth Edition
Robert Parrino, Ph.D.; David S. Kidwell, Ph.D.; Thomas W. Bates,
Ph.D.; Stuart Gillan, Ph.D.
Chapter 16
Exhibit 16.1 Capital Structure and Firm Value under M&M Proposition 1
The size of the pie represents the present value of the free cash flows that the assets of a firm are expected
to produce in the future (VFirm). The sizes of the slices reflect the value of the total cash flows that the debt
holders (VDebt) or stockholders (VEquity) are entitled to receive for three different capital structures. Under the
three conditions identified by M&M, the total value of the cash flows to the debt holders and stockholders
does not change, regardless of which capital structure the firm uses.
Equation 16.1
VFirm VAssets VDebt VEquity
Equation 16.2
WACC xDebt k Debt xcs kcs
Equation 16.3
VDebt
kcs k Assets k Assets k Debt
Vcs
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M&M Proposition 2 (1 of 4)
• Equation 16.3 reflects two sources of risk in cash flows to
stockholders
o Business risk associated with the characteristics of the firm’s
business activities
o Financial risk associated with the capital structure of the firm,
which reflects the effect that the firm’s financing decisions
have on the riskiness of the cash flows that the stockholders
will receive
• Financial risk is associated with required payments to firm’s
lenders
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M&M assumed that the cost of debt was constant and equal to the risk-free rate when they derived their Proposition 2. Of course, we know
that the rate of return required by investors increases with risk and that the riskiness of the interest and principal payments on debt increases
with leverage. Therefore, the cost of debt must also increase with leverage. If you look carefully at Equation 16.3, you will notice that (kAssets
− kDebt) gets smaller as leverage increases because, although kDebt gets larger, kAssets does not change. Although this suggests that kcs can get
smaller as leverage increases (specifically, the decrease in kAssets − kDebt might more than off set the increase in VDebt/Vcs), this never happens in
practice. The cost of common stock always increases with leverage.
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In previous chapters, we discussed a number of reasons that net income might differ from the cash flows to which stockholders have a claim.
For example, accounting accruals may cause net income to differ from cash flows, or depreciation charges might not equal actual cash
expenditures on capital equipment or working capital in a particular year. For the time being, we will ignore these potential complications.
Column 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fixed costs as a percent of total costs 20% 60% 20% 60%
Interest expense $0.00 $0.00 $15.00 $15.00
Before After Before After Before After Before After
Revenue $100.00 $80.00 $100.00 $80.00 $100.00 $80.00 $100.00 $80.00
− Cost of goods sold (VC) 60.00 48.00 30.00 24.00 60.00 48.00 30.00 24.00
Gross profit $ 40.00 $32.00 $ 70.00 $56.00 $ 40.00 $32.00 $ 70.00 $56.00
− Selling, general, & admin. (FC) 15.00 15.00 45.00 45.00 15.00 15.00 45.00 45.00
Operating profits $ 25.00 $17.00 $ 25.00 $11.00 $ 25.00 $17.00 $ 25.00 $11.00
− Interest expense 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00
Earnings before tax $ 25.00 $17.00 $ 25.00 $11.00 $ 10.00 $ 2.00 $ 10.00 −$4.00
− Income taxes (35%) 8.75 5.95 8.75 3.85 3.5 0.7 3.5 − 1.40
Net income $ 16.25 $ 11.05 $ 16.25 $ 7.15 $ 6.50 $ 1.30 $ 6.50 −$2.60
Percent change in net income −32% −56% −80% −140%
0.2
kcs 0.10 0.10 0.05 0.1125, or 11.25%
0.8
CF D k Debt t
VTax savings debt PVA
i i
Exhibit 16.6 How Firm Value Changes with Leverage When Interest Payments Are Tax Deductible and
Dividends Are Not
The value of a firm increases with leverage when interest payments are tax deductible and dividend payments are
not, and when the second and third M&M conditions—that there are no information or transaction costs and that the
real investment policy of the firm is not affected by its capital structure decisions—apply.
Total debt
$0 $200 $400 $600 $800
Cost of debt 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00%
EBIT $100.00 $100.00 $100.00 $100.00 $100.00
Interest expense — 10.00 20.00 30.00 40.00
Earnings before taxes $100.00 $ 90.00 $ 80.00 $ 70.00 $ 60.00
Taxes (35%) 35.00 31.50 28.00 24.50 21.00
Net income $ 65.00 $ 58.50 $ 52.00 $ 45.50 $ 39.00
Dividends $ 65.00 $ 58.50 $ 52.00 $ 45.50 $ 39.00
Interest payments — 10.00 20.00 30.00 40.00
Payments to investors $ 65.00 $ 68.50 $ 72.00 $ 75.00 $ 79.00
Value of equity $650.00 $520.00 $390.00 $260.00 $130.00
Cost of equity 10.00% 11.25% 13.33% 17.50% 30.00%
Firm value $650.00 $720.00 $790.00 $860.00 $930.00
WACC 10.00% 9.03% 8.23% 7.56% 6.99%
Equation 16.5
VDebt
kCS k Assets k Assets k Debt 1 t
VCS
Source: Estimated by authors using data from the Standard and Poor’s Compustat
database.