Financial Management
M.B.A. 2" Semester
By
Dr. Mohammad Anees
Department of Business Administration,
University of Lucknow,
Lucknow
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Unit I:
Nature of Financial Management: Scope and objectives of finance, role and functions of finance manager, risk-retum
trade off, shareholders’ wealth maximization, agency problem, General awareness of financial environment-financial
instruments, regulation and markets,
Unit IL
Investment Decisions: Analysis of Capital budgeting decisions, application of discounted and non-discounted
techniques in capital budgeting, time value of money, capital rationing, risk analysis in capital budgeting.
Unit I:
Financing Decisions: Cost of Capital and & Dividend Decision: Optimum capital structure, financial and operating
leverages, sources of long-Term Finance, cost of capital-components’ costs and Combined Cost (WACO), capital
structure theories
Unit IV:
Dividend theories, Inrelevance of dividend, MM Hypothesis, relevance of dividend and Walter's model, dividend
policy determinants, share repurchase or buyback, Issue of bonus share and its implications,
Unit V:
Working Capital Management: Principles of working capital management, Accounts Receivable management,
Inventory management and Cash management, factors influencing working capital requirement, computation of
working capital required in business firm.
References: -
Principles of Managerial Finance by Lawrence J. Gitman, Pearson
Financial Management and Policy by Van Home, Dhami, Pearson
Fundamentals of Financial Management by Dr R.P. Rastogi, Taxman's
Financial Management by Ravi M Kishore, Taxman’
Financial Management-Text Problems and Cases by Khan and Jain, Me Graw Hill
© scanned with OKEN ScannerWhat is Financial Management ?
Meaning and Concept
Financial management means optimization of
financial resources and activities of a business
concern in a way to realize the financial
objectives.
Important points:
1. Optimization
2. Financial resources
3. Financial activities- operating and strategic
4. Financial objectives
© scanned with OKEN ScannerNature of financial Management
Scope and objectives of Financial Management
1. Financial management is one the functional
areas of management.
2. Financial management is multidisciplinary.
3. Financial activities are operative and strategic.
4. Financial management has its implications on
entire firm.
5. Knowledge of financial system is required
6. Objective of financial management- profit vs.
wealth maximization
Corporate finance vs. Financial Services
8. Financial management vs. Accounting
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on entire firm.
1. Financial management involves in budgeting
for entire organization
2. Financial management involves cash flows of
entire organization
3. Financial planning and investment is for
entire organization
4. Financial management activities are
coordinating, supervisory, advisory and
facilitating.
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Profit Maximisation Vs. Wealth Maximization
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basically a single period or
a short-term goal. It is
usually interpreted to
mean the maximization of
profits within a given
period of time. A firm may
maximize its short-term
profits at the expense of its
long-term profitability and
still realize this goal.
Incontrast, shareholder
wealth maximization is a
long-term goal.
shareholders are interested
in future as well as present
profits. Wealth
maximization is generally
preferred because it
considers (1) wealth for the
long term, (2) risk or
uncertainty. (3) the timing
of returns, and (4) the
shareholders’ return.
© scanned with OKEN ScannerCorporate finance vs. Financial Services
Corporate Finance Involves:
— Financing
— Investing
— Dividend Distribution
— Working capital management
Financial services are intermediary services available
for corporate such as:
— Banking services
— Insurance services
— Merchant banking services
— Portfolio management
— Financial consultancy
— Venture capital
— Leasing and hire purchase
— Credit rating
© scanned with OKEN ScannerFinancial Management vs. Accounting
1. Recall from accounting
Let’s recall that financial accounting is technical job whereas management
accounting is a managerial job
2. Financial management vs. accounting
The activities of financial management and management accounting are
overlapping.
3. Financial management focuses on cash flow management, procurement
and investment of funds.
4. On the other hand accounting focuses on preparation of accounts and
use of accounting information for the betterment (enhancing profit and
efficiency) of business.
5. To conclude accounting focuses on accounting information whereas
financial management focuses on short term and long term funds and its
proper utilization the betterment of business. Management accounting may
be viewed as a subset of financial management.
© scanned with OKEN ScannerObjectives of Financial Management:
Profit vs. Wealth Maximization
Rationale:
There is a general discussion regarding
the objective of financial management
whether its objective is to maximize
profit or there should be some other
alternative and broader objective
wherein the profit should be included.
© scanned with OKEN ScannerAnalysis of profit maximization as an
objective of financial management
Arguments in favor of profit maximization as an
objective:
1. Profit is an easily understandable term
2. Profit maximization is a specific objective of
almost all businesses
3. Profit increases reserves and gives better return
to owners
4. Easily calculated term.
5. Can be related to sales to find out margin to
sales and can be related to investment to find out
Return on Investment (ROI).
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Financial Management
1. Profit maximization is based on exploitative
tendencies.
2. There are different types of profits in accounting
and finance such as EBIDT, EBDT, EBT, PAT,
DPS, EPS, P/E, Profit Margin, ROI, EVA etc.
3. Profit maximization is a narrow and short term
approach.
4. Profit ignores the likely business risks.
5. Profit maximization does not ensure overall
growth of business.
6. Profit maximization approach ignores time value
money in financial decisions.
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“Wealth maximization” is a term related with
shareholders or owners of corporate business.
Alternatively wealth maximization is also known
as “shareholders’ interest’ or “shareholders’
welfare” maximization.
Experts of financial management have proved
that shareholders wealth maximization is the
most suitable objective of financial management.
It is therefore considered that wealth
maximization is an objective superior to profit
maximization objective.
© scanned with OKEN ScannerWealth Maximization a Superior objective to profit
maximization. Why?
Wealth maximization has all those virtues which have been discussed as
limitations of profit maximization approach. These are as follow
1. Wealth maximization fulfills time value of money requirement into
financial decisions.
2. All the financial decision are preferred on the basis of net present values.
It is in long term context.
4. Wealth maximization manages all types of business risks as it is based on
holistic approach of stakeholders theory.
5. Stakeholders’ theory identifies all stakeholders of business and satisfies
each of them.
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6. With the help of stakeholders’ theory overall business growth is ensured.
7. Wealth maximization is not exploitative rather it is welfare oriented.
8. Wealth maximization ensures long run survival, growth and leadership of
a business concern.
© scanned with OKEN ScannerWealth maximization is a broader and a superior
objective to profit maximization:
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Financial decision on the basis of time value
of money consideration.
Risk- Return Trade off approach
Consideration for all stakeholders
Resolving agency problems
Use of most modern and scientific approach
in business management.
Focus on research and development
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maximization is taking place?
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© Scanned with OKEN ScannerRole & Functions of Finance Manager
Role of a finance manager
Finance manager plays a very crucial role in any organization.
The role of a finance manager can be discussed with the help of
following points:
1. Finance manager looks for financial requirements of
business.
2. Plans for arrangement of funds from various short term and
long term sources.
Controls cash flows during business operations.
Co-ordinates various departments through budgeting.
Optimizes the collection and application of funds
Saves the organization from idle funds and idle assets.
Focuses on risk return trade off.
Realizes the financial objectives of business.
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Core functions of finance manager
1. Financing
2. Investing
3. Dividend distribution
4. Working capital management
General functions of finance manager
Profit planning
Budgeting
Risk management
Productivity enhancement
Business expansion
Financial liaisoning
Cash flow management
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© scanned with OKEN ScannerFinancing
Financing means procuring long term funds from
different sources as given below:
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Objective of financing:
Formulation of an optimum capital structure.
Equity share capital
Preference share capital
Issue of debentures
Term loans from long term financial
institutions
Internal financing through retention of profits
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an optimum capital structure is one which is
most appropriate for a given business and has
the following features:
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Optimum cost of capital
Solvency
Flexibility
Conservatism
Control
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Capital structure consists of various types of
long term funds broadly categorized into debt
and equity as follows:
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An optimum capital structure is the most appropriate
when there is a trade off between risk and return in each
source of long term source of fund considering the pros
and cons of each source or there is an optimum ratio
between debt and equity.
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© scanned with OKEN ScannerInvesting
Investing means investment of long term funds
collected under financing into fixed assets after a
proper analysis of investment activity on the basis
of available information about such investment.
These information are:
1. Quantum of funds required in investment
Annual estimated return from investment
Cost of capital used in investment
Duration of investment
. Use of an appropriate technique for analysis
Objective of Investing:
Selection of optimum assets for investment
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© scanned with OKEN ScannerRisk Return Trade off in Investing Activity
Finance manager has to justify the investment
from risk and return point of view. It has to use a
suitable method for investment analysis. The
suitable method is one which considers time
value of money. It has to evaluate the project
from the following angles to accept it:
1. Profitability
2. Risk
3. Monetary constraint of investible fund
4. Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)
© scanned with OKEN ScannerDividend Distribution
Under dividend distribution function the finance manager has to take
decision regarding how much dividend should be distributed to equity
shareholders out the annual profits available with the company. It has to
take decision with the consideration of following factors:
1. Past record of dividend payment
2. Expectation of shareholders
3. Financial requirement of business
4. Legal bindings
5. Availability of profitable investment options
6. Availability of long term funds in the capital market
7. Availability of cash resources with the firm
8. Level of inflation and taxes payable the recipient
9. Stability in dividend payment
10. Bonus shares or stock dividends
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Objective:
The objective of dividend distribution is to
formulate an optimum policy which is the most
appropriate for the firm.
Risk return trade off:
When all the concerning factors are properly
considered and weightage of each factor is
incorporate in the dividend policy it is called risk
return trade relating to dividend policy.
© scanned with OKEN ScannerWorking Capital Management
Working capital management consists of the
following aspects:
a) Cash management
b) Inventory management
c) Receivables management
d) Working capital financing
Each of the above mentioned activities need a
risk return trade-off in order to optimize the
overall working capital management.
© scanned with OKEN ScannerCash management and Risk Return trade-off
A risk return trade-off would be achieved if
the finance manager is successful in achieving
a proper and adequate level of
synchronization between cash inflows and
outflows during business operations.
For a proper cash flows synchronization the
sources of cash inflows such as recovery from
debtors and smooth sales level has to be
ensured. On the other hand cash payments
have to be controlled up-to a possible and
permissible limits.
© scanned with OKEN ScannerRisk return trade-off in inventory management
Objectives of inventory management are:
a) Ensuring smooth production and sales
b) Ensuring a proper flow of inventory during production
and sales
c) Control of inventory related costs, such as ordering
and carrying costs.
Use of following inventor management techniques would
ensure a trade level in inventory management:
A. Economic Order Quantity
B. ABC Analysis
C. LIFO FIFO Methods
D. Zero Base Inventory
© scanned with OKEN ScannerReceivable Management and trade-off
For the purpose of effective receivable
management an optimum credit sales policy
needs to be formulated consisting of the
following:
a) Decision regarding the selection of good
track record customers for credit sales
b) Decision regarding credit duration
c) Decision regarding the prompt recovery from
debtors
d) Decision regarding trade discounts
© scanned with OKEN ScannerFinancing of working capital
For an effective working capital management its proper
financing is equally important.
Following sources of finance are generally available:
Short term sources: cash sales, recovery from debtors,
credit purchase from suppliers, bank finances etc.
Long sources: Issue of share Capital, borrowings from
LT financial institutions, Issue of debentures, retention
of earnings.
A good policy of working capital financing is to utilize
the short term sources for financing the working capital
requirements and avoid the use of long term sources to
use in working capital needs. The reason being the
short term sources are more convenient and cost
effective for fulfilling working capital requirements.
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Environment in India
Financial environment can also be termed as
financial system which is made of the following:
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Financial markets
financial intermediaries
Financial instruments
Financial services
Financial regulation
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Requirement/significance of financial
system
. Financial system assists finance manager in all
its functions.
Financial system is an integral part of industries
in any country.
Financial system in a broader framework
integrated with economic growth of a country.
Means of capital formation and utilization
Financial system is formally developed.
Formal financial system serves and protects the
interest of all participants.
© scanned with OKEN ScannerParticipants of financial system
Participants of financial system are:
. Investors- individual and institutional
. Speculators
. Service providers
. Bankers
. Regulators/Government
. Researchers
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Financial markets are:
1. Short tem financial markets
Such financial markets are also known as money markets. Money
market comprises of banks, general public and corporate.
1. Long term financial markets
Such financial markets are known as capital markets. Which are
further divided into primary and secondary capital markets.
Primary financial market is for new securities issue and
subscription.
Secondary capital market is for the trading of old securities which
are previously issued in primary capital market.
There are other financial markets such as Insurance markets and
international currency market.
© scanned with OKEN ScannerFinancial Intermediaries
Financial intermediaries are those institutions which
intermediate between two _ parties such as
client/customer and investors. Following financial
intermediaries work in the financial system:
1. brokers
2. Issue managers
3. Underwriters
4. Credit rating agencies
These financial intermediaries work for some fee to be
charged by them as their return.
© scanned with OKEN ScannerFinancial Instruments
Financial instruments are those documents which
are the proof of some investment or ownership of
some claim. Important financial instruments are as
follows:
1. Money market related instruments such as
cheque, treasury bill, draft, bill of exchange,
fixed deposit receipts, money market mutual
fund receipts, currency notes etc.
2. Capital market related instruments such as equity
and preference shares, debentures, bonds, mutual
fund receipts etc.
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Various types of services rendered by financial
markets and financial intermediaries come under
this category. Important financial services are:
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Banking services
Merchant banking services
Fee based and fund based services
Insurance services
Financial consultancy services
Foreign currency/exchange related services
Financial Broking services
Rating services
Portfolio and investment related services etc.
© scanned with OKEN ScannerFinancial Regulation
In order to make the entire financial system disciplined and
work in systematic and coordinated manner there is a
requirement to regulate and control the activities of all the
participants of financial system. This particular role is played
by financial regulation.
Some important financial regulators of financial system:
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SEBI- Securities Exchange Board of India
IRDA- Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
RBI- Reserve Bank of India
Ministry of Finance
Finance commission
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Financial regulation has its defined and specific
objectives to realize. Some of these objectives are
being categorized as below:
1. Protection of interest of investors
2. Third party risk or default risk management
3. Streamline the growth and development of
financial system.
4. Industrial growth
Ensure discipline in the markets.
6. Coordinate national financial system with
international financial system.
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a finance manager
It is necessary for a finance manager to be aware and
properly involve in the financial system in order to:
Successfully arrange funds from market
Successfully invest the idle funds in the market
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Avail financial services available
Be compensated for any loss caused by the system
Understand financial trends
Default risk management
Financial engineering and diversified financial services
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Liquidity management
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Meaning:
Investment decisions are also known as capital budgeting
decisions. These decisions are related to long term
investment into fixed assets.
Important Features:
1. Substantial amount
Long term investment
Irreversible decision
Future implications
Analysis of investment to take decision
Such decisions create operating risk and operating
leverage
7. With the help of capital budgeting technique profitable
projects are selected.
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Each capital budgeting decision is a project.
Capital budgeting decisions are taken on the
basis of following variables or information:
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Investment amount or cash outflow
Duration of project in years
Annual cash inflows
Discount rate or cost of capital
Use of some specific method to analyze
investment
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Overall techniques of capital budgeting have
been divided into two categories:
. Non-Discounted (Traditional) Techniques
. Pay-Back (PB) Method
. Average Rate of Return (ARR) Method
. Discounted (Modern) Techniques
. Net Present Value (NPV) Method
. Internal Rate of Return (IRR) Method
. Profitability Index (PI)
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© scanned with OKEN ScannerDiscounted vs. Non-Discounted Techniques
1. Name of NPY, IRR and PI PB and ARR
Techniques
2. Superiority Superior, Modem Inferior, Traditional
3. Time Value of Considered Not considered
Money
4. Shareholders Fulfill the objective of | Do not fulfill the
objective of Wealth | Shareholders’ Wealth objective of
Maximization Maximization (SWM) | Shareholders’ Wealth
(SWM) Maximization (SWM)
5. Applicability Large organizations Small organizations
6. Level of Rationality | More rational and Less rational, illogical
acceptable
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© scanned with OKEN ScannerTime Value of Money
1. A bird in hand is worth more than two in the bush.
2. Cash inflows accruing at different time intervals are
not same in their value. Hence, are not comparable
with cash outflows.
3. In order to consider the time value of money, the cash
flows at different time intervals need to be discounted
at a discount rate.
4. Discount rate is the opportunity cost of capital. It may
be different for different companies.
5. Time value of money considered in all the discounted
techniques.
6. Discounting is a process of converting the future value
into the present value.
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Capital Budgeting
Non-discounted/Traditional Techniques of Capital Budgeting:
1. Pay Back: It is a time period within which the entire investment in the project is
recovered out of the cash inflows (profits) ofthe project.
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Every investor is interested to know the payback because to recover the present
investment within the stipulated time is the main concem of business.
Acceptability Rule: Accept if PB < Maximum affordable period
Merits:
1. Pay back focus on liquidity aspect of business.
2. This is a popular, easy to understand and use.
3. This method can be easily used along with other methods
4. This method prefers the project of earlier and heavier profits.
Demerits:
1. This method is not a perfect method as the decision criterion is liquidity and
not profitability.
2. This method does not consider time value of money.
3. PB does not consider the entire project’s profitability
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capital budgeting (Cont..)
2. Average Rate of Return (ARR)
This is another non-discounting or traditional technique of capital budgeting.
ARR is also known as accounting rate of return because the real accounting
data are used for this method.
Significance: Because of its simplicity, the ARR is popularly used to know the
percentage return on the investment into the project.
Acceptability Rule: Accept if ARR > Minimum desirable rate of return
Merits:
1. Use of accounting data makes this method more practical and reliable.
2. ARR method is easy to understand and use.
3. This method gives an average idea about the entire profitability of
business.
Demerits:
1. ARR does not consider the time value of money factor.
2. As ARR take data from accounting, the limitation of historical data
comes in the computation.
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budgeting (Cont..)
Discounting Techniques of Capital Budgeting
Net Present Value (NPV) Method
Under NPV method all the cash inflows of the project are discounted with given
discount rate and cash inflows are converted into present values (PVs). If total of
these PVs is higher than the present investment, the given project is profitable.
Acceptability Rule: Accept if NPV is positive
Significance: This is the most popularly used discounting technique of capital
budgeting for being consistent with the WM objective of shareholders.
Merits:
1. NPV incorporates the time value of money consideration.
2. Since NPV method decides the acceptability of the project on the basis of a
cut off point of discount rate, the method is more practical.
3. NPV method is useful to take decision regarding a group of projects by
adding the NPV of all of these projects.
4. NPV method is superior on reinvestment
Limitations:
1. Estimated figures of opportunity cost, cash flows and duration of project.
2. Requirement for risk adjustment in the estimates
sumption.
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capital budgeting (Cont..)
Discounting Techniques of Capital Budgeting
Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
IRR is the rate at which the NPV of a given project is equal to its present investment.
Acceptability Rule: Accept if IRR > Opportunity cost of capital
Significance:
With the help of IRR the entire profitability of given project is known. IRR gives a
complete idea of project performance in terms of profitability.
Merits:
1. IRR consider the time value of money and is consistent with SWM.
2. IRR is suitable for small projects with moderate return.
3. For IRR calculation the actual discount rate is not required.
4, The entire profitable worth of a given project can be evaluated with the help
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Demerits:
1. Reinvestment assumption does not favor high IRR yielding projects.
2. IRR involves too tedious calculation.
3. Only mutually exclusive projects are evaluated with the help of IRR.
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budgeting (Cont..)
Discounting Techniques of Capital Budgeting
3. Profitability Index (PI
This method is also known as Benefit-Cost Ratio Method. It is based on Net Present
Value method and calculates the benefit on per rupee investment.
Ph _ PV of Cash Inflow
Profitability Index = PV of Cash Outflow
Decision Criteria
1. If there is only one project
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+ TEPLis less than 1 Reject
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2. If there are more than one project, the project with higher NPV should be selected.
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of capital budgeting (Cont..)
Profitability Index
Advantages
¢ Simple And Widely Used Method
¢ Considers Time Value Of Money
° Easy To Make Decisions
- Accurate Rate Of Return
Disadvantages
° Difficult To Estimate Discount Rate
- Possibility Of Incorrect Decision
° Difficult To Make Comparison
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Numericals on capital budgeting : Non-Discounted Techniques
Pay Back Method
1. A project needs present investment of Rs 40 lakh. It has duration
of 10 years and cash inflow in each year is Rs 10 lakh till the last
year. You are required to compute payback period of this project.
Suggest whether the project would be acceptable if the minimum
desirable payback period by the management is 5 years?
Solution:
Payback period (if cash inflow is an even amount)
= Present investment/Amount of Cash inflow
= 40/10
=4 years (Answer)
Acceptability Rule= Accept if Actual PB< Desirable PB
If the minimum desirable payback by the management is 5 years
then the present project would be acceptable. (Answer)
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duration of 10 years. Annual Cash inflows from 1s to 10" year from the
project have been estimated as follows:
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Compute the payback period and suggest the acceptability of the given project
if the minimum desirable payback period by the management is 4 years.
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As we see in the cumulative figures of cash inflows till 4% year the total recovered amount is 40 lakh
which is below the present investment but in 5" year, the total recovered amount exceeds the present
investment. Therefore, we have an idea by these cumulative figures that Payback period should be
somewhere in between 4 to 5 years. It is sure that 4 years are the complete years and a part of 5! year
would make the exact payback period. Now we compute Payback with the help of following formula:
Payback Period (if eash inflows are uneven)
= Complete years + amount to be recovered/next cash inflow
=4+10 lakh/15 lakh
4 +0.67
= 4.67 years (Answer)
Acceptability Rule: Accept if Actual PB< Desirable PB.
Hence, the actual payback period of 4.67 happens to be more than the minimum period desired by the
‘management, the project would be Rejected. (Answer) 2
© scanned with OKEN Scanner3. A project has Present investment of Rs 12,00,000 with the
duration of 6 years. Annual Cash inflows from 1° to 6%
year from the project have been estimated as follows:
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Required:
Compute the payback period and suggest the acceptability of
the given project if the minimum desirable payback period by
the management is 4 years.
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Present Investment = Rs 12 lakh
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‘As we see in the cumulative figures of cash inflows till 3rd year the total recovered amount
is 10 lakh which is below the present investment but in 4" year, the total recovered amount
exceeds the present investment. Therefore, we have an idea by these cumulative figures that
Payback period should be somewhere in between 3 to 4 years. It is sure that 3 years are the
complete years and a part of 4 year would make the exact payback period. Now we
compute Payback with the help of following formula:
Payback Period (if cash inflows are uneven)
= Complete years + amount to be recovered/next cash inflow
= 3+2 lakh/S lakh
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.4 years (Answer)
Acceptability Rule: Accept if Actual PB< Desirable PB
Hence, the actual payback period of 3.4 years happens to be less than the minimum period
of 4 years as desired by the management, the project would be Accepted. (Answer)
(© scanned with OKEN ScannerAverage Rate of Return (ARR)
Numericals
1. Company X analyzed a project which needs present investment of Rs 18,50,000.
Duration of the project is 6 years. It salvage value after 6 years remains Rs 50,000.
Tax rate is charged on the company’s net profit (PBT) @ 30% and depreciation is
charged on straight line basis each year. Profit before depreciation and tax (PBDT)
of company X are given below:
b sy
de 3,50,000.
a. 4,00,000
me 5,00,000
4, 7,00,000.
5. 10,00,000
6. 12,00,000
‘You are required to compute average rate of return (ARR) for the given project. Would
this project be acceptable if the minimum required rate of return of management is
20%?
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‘Computation of Average Rate of Return (ARR)
350,000. (3,00,000) 50,000 (15,000)
L 35,000
= 4,00,000. (3,00,000) 1,00,000 (30,000) 70,000
x 5,00,000 (300,000) 2,00,000 (60,000) 7,40,000
4. 7,00,000 (3,00,000) 4,00,000. (120,000) 2,380,000
5. 10,00,000 (3,00,000) 7,00.000 (2,10,000) 4,90,000_
6. 12,00,000 (3,00,000) 9,00.000 {(2,70,000) 6,30,000_
Total 16.45.00
ARR= Average Profit after tax/Average investment
Where,
Average profit =Total PAT/no. of years
=16,45,000/6 = 2,74,167
Average investment =Initial investment+ Scrap Value/2
=18,50,000+50,000/2
=19,00,000/2
=9,50,000
Putting the values in the formula,
ARR=2,74,167/9,50,000= 0.2886 or 28.86% (Answer)
Acceptability Rule =Accept if Actual ARR>Minimum Rate Desired
Since actual ARR of 28.86>20
The project would be accepted. (Answer)
Note: Depreciation = present investment-scrap value/no. of years of project
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about Traditional or Non-Discounted Methods of CB
Pay-Back (PB) & Average Rate of Return (ARR)
The non discounting methods
= All techniques of investment appraisal
are designed to answer the question: is
it worth while going ahead with the
proposed investment.
= Pay back — the time it takes to recover
the cost of an investment.
= Accounting rate of return average
annual rate of return as a % of the cost
of the investment.
© scanned with OKEN ScannerNet Present Value (NPV) Method
Under NPV method all the cash inflows in the project
are discounted with the help of minimum required rate
of return. After discounting, the cash inflows are
converted into the present values. Then the total of
these present values are compared with the present
investment. The decision is decision as per the
following rule:
Accept if TPVs>PI
Reject if TPVs
Reject (x)
Conclusion:
Projects E, A and D are fully accepted to invest Rs 12,00, 000
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Capital budgeting is an activity of investment based financial estimates
and projections. Projected figures used in capital budgeting may not be
the same at the time of application. This variability in real and
projection may be termed as risk aspect in capital budgeting. These risk
aspects may be identified as follows:
1, Estimated annual cash inflows
Estimated present investment or cash outflow
Opportunity cost, minimum rate of return or discount rate
Time duration of the project
Risk Adjustment tools used in Capital Budgeting:
Use of discounted techniques
Conservative estimates
oe ee
Use of probability analysis and decision tree etc.
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1. Estimated Annual Cash Inflows
Conservative forecasts: Forecasts of less
value than what actually should be in order
to incorporate risks of fluctuation.
2. Present investment/Cash outflow
Liberal forecast: forecast of slightly higher
value of investment in order to adjust the
risk of over investment.
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Forecasting a slightly higher value for the purpose
of risk adjustment.
4. Time Duration of the project
Taking a conservative time period for risk
adjustment.
5. Risk adjustment tools:
Decision tree, probability analysis, sales forecasting
techniques and other operation research techniques
should be used in order to properly deal with the
risks aspects of capital budgeting.
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Discounted techniques of capital budgeting such as
NPV, IRR and Profitability Index are the best in
order to adjust the risk of capital budgeting.
7. Conservative estimates
These are the estimates of low values whenever
revenues are concerned and taking higher values
whenever the investment is concerned.
8. Use of decision tree and probability analysis.
These are the tools of risk adjustment which should
be used in order to combat the risk of capital
budgeting with their proper incorporation.
© scanned with OKEN ScannerUnit 3: Capital Structure Decision
What is Capital Structure?
It is a mix of various long term sources of funds used into a
business a long term capital.
Capital Structure
Other Sources
x i
Preterred
ot
“XN
Equity
capital
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Meaning:
The capital structure which is “the most
suitable structure of capital mix for a given
business organization” is known as the
optimum capital structure. To be an optimum
capital structure there are certain
considerations to be taken in account by the
finance manager. Optimum capital structure
differs from business to business and from
time to time it needs changes.
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How is the capital the most suitable for an organization?
emitted
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Business Risk: Business risk comes out of sales and business
operations. Coverage of operating costs and earning profits.
Financial Risk: Financial risk comes out of non-payment of
interest on loans used in the capital structure.
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Optimum Capital Structure
Following factors contribute to make the
capital structure optimum for a given
concern:
1. Profitability
2. Solvency
3. Flexibility
4. Conservatism
5. Control
© scanned with OKEN ScannerProfitability:
Profitability consideration is achieved
when the components’ and overall cost
of capital (WACC) is optimally lowest
in the capital structure. It leads to
enhancement of profitability in the
organization. For this purpose, the cost
of each source of capital is analyzed
and overall cost of capital is optimized.
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Solvency means that the company should
be able to pay its long term debts easily out
of its available assets. In order to ensure
solvency, the company should ensure that
excess of debt capital should be avoided to
use in its capital structure so that it does not
become difficult to pay the interest on them
and it becomes easy to repay the principal
whenever the company desires.
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Flexibility means that the finance manager
should always be in a position to alter or
change the debt equity ratio in its capital
structure at any point of time it feel
necessary. The flexibility feature in capital
structure is maintained in order to avoid
risk and optimize the profitability.
Flexibility in the capital structure _can_be
ensured by employing redeemable capital
in the capital structure.
© scanned with OKEN ScannerConservatism:
Conservatism here means to “under-utilize
the fund raising capacity of the
organization. This adds to optimacy in the
capital structure by way of maintaining a
positive image of the company in capital
market and at the same time for ensures
that some fund raising capacity is still
available for the business at the time of
financial emergency.
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Control means the decision making
or voting right of shareholders in
the company. This control of
owners/shareholders should not be
unnecessary diluted by way of
adding more and more equity
capital in the capital structure.Concluding Remarks
Optimum Capital structure means a proper mix of various
types of long term capital used in an organization.
Optimum capital structure is also known as a proper mix of
debt equity ratio.
Optimum capital structure makes a trade-off in risk and
return.
To have an Optimum Capital Structure, there is requirement
to the following:
a) Profitability
b) Solvency
c) Flexibility
d) Conservatism
e) Control
The objective of financing function of a finance manager is
to have an optimum capital structure
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Meaning:
Optimum dividend policy means that the
company should formulate a _ dividend
distribution and profit retention policy which
fulfills the underlying objectives of the
company as well as the objectives of
shareholders of the company. Optimum
dividend policy also differs from organization
to organization.
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Regular Dividend
Policy
Dividend Policy Types
Policy
idend Irregular Dividend No Dividend
Policy
(© scanned with OKEN ScannerOptimum Dividend Policy Considerations
Following consideration contribute in the optimum dividend policy of the
organization:
1
2.
3,
4
D:
6.
id.
8.
9.
1
Fulfilling Internal capital requirement of business
Meeting the dividend expectations of shareholders
Liquidity position of business
Fulfilling legal rules/covenants
Availing profitable projects
Capital market conditions for raising fresh capital
Dividend policy of other competitors
Prevailing Inflation
Past dividend distribution behavior of the company
0. Control of shareholders
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1. Internal Capital Requirement of Business
Reasons for capital requirement:
a) Growing business
b) Expanding sales
c) More investment requirement into fixed assets
What to do?
Take the help of dividend policy to distribute less of
dividends to shareholders and retain more in order to
fulfill the above requirements.
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2. Shareholders Expectations
Generally shareholders expect a fairly good return in the
form of cash dividend from the company. Company is
required to study and analyze the profile of shareholders so
that it can know their expectations with respect to dividend
from the company.
What company should do?
Finance manager of the company is required to distribute
cash dividends fulfilling the requirement of shareholders.
This will the company to build its external market image of
share pricing.
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3. Liquidity position of business
Internal requirement of capital on the one hand is needed for building the
fixed assets and on the other hand the working capital requirements also
increase giving rise to the problem of liquidity. This liquidity problem
may be related to maintaining more raw materials, more finished goods
and more investment into work in process. There may be more credit
sales and more funds locked in debtors or more cash is required to be
maintained.
What should company do?
The finance manager is required to retain more profits and compress the
cash distribution of dividends in order to fulfill the liquidity
requirements of business.
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4, Fulfilling legal rules or covenants:
Sometimes there is a legal requirement to maintain a given level of liquidity
in order to protect the interest of employees to pay their salaries easily or to
protect the interest of financial institutions to pay their interest and loans
repayment easily. In order to fulfill these legal bindings the company
managers are required to fulfill these requirements and pay attention to
distribute less dividends and retain more.
5. Availing profitable projects
When company is more progressive it looks for profitable projects to increase
profits. There may be profitable projects available and the manager may be
interested to investment into such projects. At this time also a compressed
dividend distribution and more retention of profit is required.
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6. Capital market conditions for raising fresh capital
If company is in requirement of fresh of capital and capital market
conditions are not favorable to raise fresh capital then under this
situation more dependence of company comes to dividend policy. It has
to ensure that sufficient profits are retained so that the fresh capital
requirement can be fulfilled out of dividend policy.
7. Dividend policy of other competitors
The practice of dividend distribution in the industry is also an important
consideration to decide dividend distribution. If it is a general practice
to distribute at least 10% dividend to shareholders then such minimum
level has to be followed otherwise, a negative image is conveyed in the
market.
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8. Prevailing level of inflation
Prevailing level of inflation also gives an idea to the finance
manager about dividend distribution. Prevailing level of
inflation if constant or rising then it is advisable not to
compress dividend distribution to shareholders.
9. Past dividend distribution behavior of the company
This is an important consideration. As per this consideration,
company should meet its past payment of dividend. It is
advised not to lower the past payment at least if not to increase
dividend payment. Because shareholders expect at least the
previous level of dividend payment from the company.
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10. Dilution of Control of shareholders
Dilution of control of ownership of shareholders means that
voting power of equity shareholders comes into more
shareholders. It happens when number of shareholders increase
without the consent of existing shareholders.
Whenever there is too much of pressure for not distributing
dividend to shareholders and retaining most of the profits then
the alternative left for the company is to distribute stock
dividends or bonus shares. This leads to dilution of control of
shareholders. this is a negative impact and should be avoided
as far possible.
© scanned with OKEN Scanner‘Stock Dividends or Bonus shares
Stock dividend or bonus shares are distributed in place of cash dividend to
the existing shareholders. Whenever, shareholders receive the stock
dividend they may sell it in the market or may retain it with them. If they
sell it in the market new shareholders are created.
Benefits of stock dividends or bonus shares:
1. 100% retention of profits possible
2. No cash outflow
3. Helpful in extreme financial crisis
Limitations of Bonus shares:
1. Dilution of ownership
2. Drop in EPS and DPS in future
3. Increased challenge to improve profitability
4. Practice of bonus share cannot be repeated often.
© scanned with OKEN Scanner1, Dividend policy vs. financing decision:
Dividend policy and financing both are helpful in financing. Dividend policy makes internal
financing whereas financing policy provides external financing of capital.
2. Optimum dividend pol
Various considerations discussed for dividend policy need to be evaluated properly and be
incorporated properly while formulating an optimum dividend policy.
3. Avoidance of bonus share:
As far as possible, the distribution of bonus shares be avoided as it increases challenges for
business and is also disliked by the shareholders. Only in case of extreme financial crisis the issue
of bonus shares is recommended.
4, Preference for cash dividend:
Itis always recommended to make a distribution of cash dividend as it is an industry practice and it
is expected by shareholders. This practice also gives a positive impact on the market value of
shares.
5. Regular and stable dividend policy:
it is also recommended that the company should distribute dividend regularly and should ensure
that a stability in dividend payment should be maintained. Regularity and stability are the most
desirable aspects of a dividend policy in order to have the best results.
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Unit 3"4
of
Financial Management
© scanned with OKEN ScannerSources of Long Term Finance
Broadly Long Term Finance has been divided into the following:
A. Debt:
1. Borrowings from Financial Institutions or Term Loans
2. Issue of Debentures/Bonds
B. Equity:
1. Equity Share Capital
2. Preference share Capital
3. Retained Earnings
C. Other sources:
1. Leasing
2. Government Grants
3. Public Deposits
4. Inter company borrowings
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Debt Finance
Meaning:
Debt financing takes place through borrowed capital
Advantages:
1.
oy
Tax benefit
Limited cost of capital
Positive Financial leverage
Easy redeemability
Transparency
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Generally the employment of loans is
apprehended because of the following
reasons:
1. Financial risk or risk of insolvency
2. Negative financial leverage
3. Strict covenants
4. Interference into business
5. Image sensitiveness
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Institutions vs. Issue of Debentures:
Meaning:
Borrowing from financial institutions is
also known as term loans. Loans are
availed from financial institutions such as
IDBI, IFCI, UTI, LIC, ICICI etc. These
institutions are especially established to
provide long term loans for industrial
development.
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1. Short term loans ( for 2 to 5 years)
2. Mid term loans ( for 5 to 9 years)
3. Long term loans ( for 10 years and above)
Term Loans Covenants :
The terms and conditions of term loans are
negotiable. Such covenants are related to the
following:
a) Mortgage or security of term loans
b) Maintaining cash or working capital
c) Rate of interest and loan redemption
d) Default related matters etc.
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Debentures are securities which are issued in capital
market and are tradable. Debentures change their
values as per capital market trading and demand
conditions.
Types of Debentures:
There are different types of debentures issued in
capital market as mentioned below:
1
Convertible and non- convertible
2. Redeemable and non-redeemable
3.
4. Bearer and registered
Secured and unsecured
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Meaning:
Equity capital is owners’ capital. The term
equity signifies that the market value is
equated with the book value of equity and if
the company is dissolved then the equity
share holders are entitled to get the
compensation equal to the market value of
their shares. It is just an assumption. In reality
things may not go as per the assumption.
@ scanned with OKEN sAdvantages of Equity Capital
Following advantages are generally attributed to the
equity capital:
1. Essential for establishing a company
2. No burden for payment of dividend to
shareholders
3. Freedom to retain profits
4. Last claim on dividend and compensation when
company closes
5. Trading on equity or financial leverage
Popularity in capital market
7. Permanent capital
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Following limitations are generally experienced
with equity capital:
1. Too much of speculation into capital market
2. Market price fluctuation due to malpractices
of capital market
3. Safeguarding the voting right of equity
shareholders
4. Practice of stability in dividend payment
5. Clash between owners and mangers
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Meaning:
Preference share capital is included in owners
capital. It is called as preference capital
because a preference is given to this capital
over equity capital regarding the following
matters:
1. Preference for payment of dividend
2. Preference for compensation when
winding up of company
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Preference Shares
Ais preted
Preferential payment of Rate of dividend is fixed
dividend
No dilution of control No voting rights
Income is steady and safe Restricts the investor from
enjoying higher profits
No charge on assets No security of repayment of
investment
Lower cost of capital No tax benefits
Preferred for cautious Not attractive for investors
investors willing to take risk
Preferential rights on Dilute the claims of equity
repayment of investment shareholders
2
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Liquidity Low High
Voting Rights No Yes
Fixed Dividend Yes (Unless ARP) No
Tax Burden Low (Qualified) Low to Medium (Usually Qualified)
Initial Yield High Low to Medium
Cumulative Dividend Sometimes No
Dividend Growth No (Rarely) Yes
Price Volatility Low to Medium — Medium to High
Perpetual Shares GenerallyNot_ Yes
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Debt vs. Equity
Debt Equity
Fixed Claim » Residual Claimant
~ Tax Deductible ~ No Tax Deduction
- High Priority in Financial ~ Lowest Priority in
Trouble Financial Trouble
. Fixed Maturity - No Maturity
» No Management Control . Management Control
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(© scanned with OKEN ScannerOther Sources of LT Finance
Meaning:
Though there are primarily two broad categories
of long term finance i.e. debt and equity. But
there are some other sources which also serve the
same purpose as debt or equity do. Following are
some examples of these sources:
1. Leasing
2. Government grants
3. Public deposits
4. Inter company borrowings
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Leverages:
Financial Leverage,
Operating Leverage,
& Combined LeverageMeaning of Leverage
1. Simple and dictionary meaning of
Leverage is:
“Use (of something) to maximize
the benefit.”
2. In the context of Business Leverage
means:
“Use of fixed costs to maximize the
profits”
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Financial Leverage:
“Presence of Fixed Cost Capital or Debt Capital
in the Capital Structure of the Company”
Operating Leverage:
“Presence of Fixed Cost in the Total Cost of
Business Operation”
Combined Leverage:
Presence of both the Leverages, financial
leverage as well as operating leverage in
business is known as combined Leverage
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Objective of Financial Leverage:
To enhance the profitability (EPS) of shareholders by way
of using debt capital along with equity capital and through
positive financial leverage
Objective of Operating Leverage
To enhance the Profitability (EBIT) by way of investing
into fixed assets and through enhancing sales and
optimizing the fixed cost
Objective of Combined Leverage
To optimize the use of both the leverages together. First
by investing into fixed assets and creating fixed cost in
business operation and secondly by having debt capital
(fixed cost Capital) along with equity capital (variable
cost capital).
© scanned with OKEN ScannerFormulas of Leverages
1. Operating Leverage =Contribution/EBIT
(Where, Contribution= Sales — VC and
EBIT= Sales - VC - FC)
2. Financial Leverage = EBIT/EBT
(where, EBT = EBIT — Interest)
3. Combined Leverage = OL x FL
= Contribution/EBIT x EBIT/EBT
= Contribution/EBT
© scanned with OKEN ScannerNumericals on Leverages:
1. Co X Ltd. has Total Capital of 60 Lakh. Out of which = 20
Lakh is Equity Capital and @ 40 lakh is debt. Rate of interest
payable on debt is 12%. The Sales Revenue of X Ltd is = 100
lakh. Variable cost is 20% of Sales revenue and % 30 lakh is the
fixed cost of operation.
Required:
Calculate Operating, Financial and Combined Leverages
Solution:
OL = Contribution/EBIT =Sales-VC/EBIT
= 100-20/100-20-30 =80/50 =1.6 (Answer)
FL = EBIT/EBT = 50/50-4.8 =50/45.2 =1.11 (Answer)
CL = OL x FL=1.6x 1.11 = 1.776 (Answer)
© scanned with OKEN ScannerSignificance/Benefits of Leverages
Significance of Financial leverage
Financial leverage guides the finance manager to optimize debt
equity mix in the capital structure with a view to optimize the capital
structure and fulfill the objective of owners’ wealth maximization.
Significance of Operating Leverage
Operating leverage guides the finance manager for fixed investment
decision and creating a proper mix between fixed and variable cost
in the total cost of business operation. It leads sales and profits
optimization.
Significance of combines leverage
Combined leverage views the leverage in totality of financial and
operating leverages so that the overall business profits and ultimate
wealth maximization objective can be fulfilled.
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Limitations of financial Leverage:
1. Financial leverage can be both negative and positive.
2. Increased financial leverage creates financial risk.
3. Excessive financial leverage leads to insolvency.
4. Financial leverage needs a constant revision.
Limitations of Operating Leverage:
1. Use of operating leverage creates operating risk or
business risk
2. Break even point may not realize through sales.
3. Sales variability poses risk to high operating leverage
firms.
Limitations of combined leverage:
1. Both the leverages need to be monitored constantly
2. High combined leverage may be harmful at a time
© scanned with OKEN ScannerDistinctions between Operating and Financial leverages
1, Objective Helps to boost up the Helps to boost up the EPS with
operating profit (EBIT) _| the change in EBIT
with the change in sales
2. Relationship | Relates Sales with EBIT Relates EBIT with EPS
3. Measurement
Measures the use of fixed
cost of operation such as
depreciation, fixed salary
and other fixed expenses
Measures the use of fixed cost of
debts known as interest payable.
3. Decision area
Concerned with investment
decision
Concerned with financing
decision
4. Type of Risk
Itinvolves operating risk
It involves the financial risk
5. Balance
Sheet side
OL belongs to assets side
of balance sheet
FL belongs to the liability side
of balance sheet
(© scanned with OKEN ScannerQuestion no. 2
Following are the four business situations.
Interpret the impact of each situation on the
business and suggest which one is the most
suitable for a given business concern?
aI CO} owe titres a OTe eel
Situation Leverage Leverage
1. High High
2 Low Low
Bo High Low
4. Low High
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© scanned with OKEN ScannerAnswer of question no 2:
Situation 1, (both the leverages being high) means that the
concem is vulnerable to a very high risky situation of both the
risk very high. This is not an optimum situation. Both the risk
being high is not a good option.
Situation 2, (both the leverages very low): This option is also not
preferable as the concern is not taking benefit of any of the given
leverages. Generally, it is not a good option.
Situation 3 and Situation 4: (one leverage being low and another
being high) : one of these options is acceptable. Out of these two
Situations 3 and 4, situations 4 (low OL and high FL) is better
because high OL is not reversible low once it is achieved to high
on the other hand high FL is reversible if not desirable. High FL
can be reduced by paying off the redeemable debt. But in case of
high OL it can not be reversed because fixed assets can not be
disinvested.
Situation 4 is the Best One:
Hence, Option 4 with low OL and high FL is the most appropriate
situation.
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1. Leverages are important for profit planning and for the achievement
of financial objective of shareholders wealth maximization.
2. Financial leverage is related with capital structure or with financing
function
3. Operating leverage is related with investment into fixed assets or
investment function
4. Combined leverage monitors both of these leverages
5. Both of these leverages may be negative and harmful for the
business. So these leverages have to be used carefully.
6. No business should ignore any of these leverages as these leverage
offer good advantages for a given business.
7. High operating leverage is irreversible, hence has to be increased
with great care.
8. Financial leverage is flexible. It can be increase or decrease with the
help of redeemable debt.
9. The most preferable option of the combined leverage is low OL and
high FL
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Weighted Average Cost of
Capital (WACO),
Unit 3
of
Financial Management
© scanned with OKEN ScannerMeaning of Cost of Capital
Meaning:
The cost of capital is an opportunity cost of making
a specific long term investment. It is the rate of
return required to be paid to investor for making
investment.
Whenever, the finance manager collects capital
from different sources it is required to pay a cost or
return to the owner of each source of fund, this
payment from the part of business to the
investors/suppliers of fund is termed cost of capital
for the business.
© scanned with OKEN ScannerComponent Cost (CC) & Weighted Average
Cost of Capital (WACC)
Component Cost of Capital
Accompany collects long term capital from different
sources. For each source it pays a return to its
investor. This cost payable to each of the sources is
known as component cost of capital. Following are
the possible components of capital:
1.
2. Preference capital
3.
4. Retained earnings
Equity Capital
Debt
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The component amount (w) and cost of capital
(cc) in the capital structure of the company are in
different proportion constituting the total capital of
the company. On the basis of the proportional
amount (w) of each component and its respective
cost (cc), the average cost of capital is computed.
The average cost comes after multiplying “w” and
“c”. This average cost of capital is known as
Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC).
It is this weighted average cost of capital which is
the opportunity cost or the minimum required rate
of return or the discount rate attributable to the
overall capital of the company.
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1. Average Cost of Entire Capital
WACC gives an idea about the average cost of overall capital in the
capital structure.
2. Facilitates investment decision
With the help of the WACC the decision regarding the acceptability of
a given project is taken. If WACC is entirely recoverable then only the
project is acceptable.
3. Optimum Capital Structure
It is helpful in optimizing the capital structure of the company. We can
develop an optimum mix of different types of funds with varying cost.
4. Overcome risk in capital budgeting
WACC is also helpful in overcoming the risk factors involved in capital
budgeting as WACC is the most important consideration in it.
5. Profit planning
WACC guides the company in profit planning and maximizing the
shareholders’ welfare.
© scanned with OKEN ScannerComputation of Component Cost (CC)
Cost of Debt (K,)
Debt is a fixed cost fund. The rate of interest on debt is mentioned. For the
business employing debt into its capital structure, the benefit of tax is
available. This benefit is adjusted in the rate of interest payable on debt fund.
Since the tax adjustment is beneficial for the company, the effective cost of
capital after tax tends to fall. Another thing we need to incorporate in the cost
of debt is its duration. It means we should know whether the debt is perpetual
or redeemable after a period of time. We therefore, need to compute after tax
cost of debt both in case of redeemable and irredeemable debt.
Cost of Irredeemable or perpetual debt
K,=1x (1-1)/P or NP
Where,
Ky =after tax cost of debt
T= the rate of interest payable on debt
t= the tax rate
P= Price, NP= Net Proceed
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X Lid issues 15 percent irredeemable debentures of & 100 each. Tax rate is 35 percent.
Determine after tax cost of debt assuming it is issued at (a) face/par value, (b) 10
percent premium and (c) 10 percent discount.
Solution
(a) When issued at face/par value:
Ky= 1x (1-/P = 15 x (1-0.35)/100
=15x(1-0.35)/100 =15x0.65/100
= 9.75/10
= 9.75% (Answer)
(b) When issued at 10 percent premium:
Kg= Ix (1-t)/NP= 15 x (1-0.35Y/100+10,
= 15x0.65/110
= 9.75/10
= 8.86% (Answer)
(c) When issued at 10 percent discount:
Ky= Ix (1-)/NP= 15 x(1-0.35)/100-10
=15 x0.65/90 =9.75/90.
= 10.83% (Answer)
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K,= [I x (1-t) + (RV- NP)/n]/(RV+NP)/2
Where,
K, =after tax cost of debt
I= the rate of interest payable on debt
t= the tax rate
RV = Redeemable Value
NP = Net Proceed (net amount collected)
n=No. of years after which the debt is payable
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A Ltd issues 15% debentures with par value of 2
100. The debentures are payable after 7 years at face
value. The expenses involved in the issue of
debentures are 3% of face value. Tax rates are 35%.
You are required to calculate after tax cost of
debentures.
Solution:
K,= [I x (1-t) + (RV- NP)/n]J/(RV+NP)/2
= [15 x (1-0.35) + (100-97)/7]/(100+97)/2
= [(15x0.65)+0.43]/197/2
= 10.18/98.5
=10.33% (Answer)
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Preference share capital is owners’ capital with the
difference from equity capital that in preference
share rate of dividend is fixed. Preference share
capital may be redeemable or irredeemable. The
computation of preference share capital is done as
follows:
Computation of Irredeemable or Perpetual
Preference Share Capital :
K,= D/NP
Where,
K,=cost of preference share
D=Dividend payable on preference share
NP= Net proceed
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X Ltd issues 12 percent perpetual preference shares with the par value of = 150 each. Compute the
cost of preference shares.
Solution:
K,= DINP= 18/150 =
Question 2
A Ltd issues 14 percent irredeemable preference shares with the face value of ¥ 200. The flotation
cost is 5 percent. Compute the cost of preference shares.
Solution:
K,= DINP =28/190=0.1474 or 14.74% (Answer)
Question 3
SR Ltd is planning to issue 14 percent perpetual preference shares with the face value of & 100 each.
Flotation cost is estimated to be 4 percent. Compute the cost of preference shares if they are issued:
1, at face value;
2. at premium of 10 percent;
3. at discount of 5 percent;
Solution:
If preference shares are issued at face value:
K,= D/NP =14/96=0.1458 or 14.58% (Answer)
If preference shares are issued at 10 percent premium:
K,= DINP = 14/100-4+10 =14/106=0.1321 or 13.21% (Answer)
If preference shares are issued at 5 percent discount:
K,= DINP = 14/100-4-5 =14/91=0.1538 or 15.38% (Answer)
12 or 12% (Answer)
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1. Flotation cost is the issue expense which is incurred
when shares or debentures are issued to the
shareholders.
2. Dividend or interest payable, issue expenses, discount
or premium are always computed on the face value or
par value of securities.
3. If nothing is mentioned about redeemable value (RV)
then it is assumed that the securities are redeemable at
par only.
4. Net Proceed (NP) is the net amount of capital
collected by the company after deducting issue
expenses (flotation cost) and discount if it is given.
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K,= [D+(RV-NP)/n]/((RV+NP)/2
Where,
K,= Cost of redeemable preference shares
D=Dividend payable on preference share
RV= Redeemable Value
NP= Net Proceeds
n=No. of years
Question 1
A Company issues 1,00,000, 10 percent preference shares of =
100 each redeemable after 10 years. The cost of issue is 10
percent. Find out the cost preference shares if they are:
1. Issued at par and redeemable at par;
2. Issued at par and redeemable at 10 percent premium
3. Issued at 8 percent discount and redeemable at 10 percent
premium
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1. If the preference shares are issued at par and redeemable at par:
K,= [D+(RV-NP)/nJ/(RV+NP)/2
=[10+(100-90)/10]/(100+90)/2 =[10+1]/100+90/2 =11/95
=0.1158 or 11.58% (Answer)
2. If the preference shares are issued at par and redeemable at 10
percent premium:
K,= [D+(RV-NP)/n]/(RV+NP)/2
= [10+(110-90)/10]/(110+90)/2
= [10+2]/100
=12/100=0.12 or 12% (Answer)
3. If the preference shares are issued at 8 percent discount and
redeemable at 10 percent premium:
K,= [D+(RV-NP)/n]/(RV+NP)/2
= [10+(110-82)/10]/(1 10+82)/2 =(10+2.8)/96
=0.1333 or 13.33% (Answer)
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Equity capital is owners’ capital. The entire profit after tax (PAT) earned
by the business at the end of the year is considered to belong to equity
shareholders. Since, companies take a decision to distribute a part of this
profit to shareholders as dividend and rest of the profits are retained
internally in the business. Retained earnings belong to shareholders.
Company can issue fresh capital or use internal retained earnings to
finance its projects. Under both the methods cost of capital is same.
Approaches to calculate cost of equity
Following approaches are used to calculate the cost of equity capital:
A. Dividend capitalization approach: Under this method, dividend
distributable to shareholders becomes the basis for calculating the cost of
equity capital.
K,= D/NP or MP
Where,
K,= Cost of equity
D= Dividend per share distributable to shareholders
NP= Net proceed
MP= Market price of the share
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ABC Ltd issues 12,000 equity shares at a discount
of 10 percent. The par value of the share is = 100.
Flotation cost in the issue of equity shares is 10
percent. The company is expected to pay a dividend
of = 8 per share. Calculate the cost of equity share.
Solution
K,= D/NP or MP
= 8/100-10-10
= 8/80
= .01 or 10% (Answer)
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According to this approach the cost of equity capital is calculated on the basis of
earning per share (EPS) and current market price or the net proceed.
K,= EPS/NP or MP
Where,
Ke = Cost of Equity
EPS= Earnings per share
NP= Net proceed
MP= Current market price of share
Question 2
Y Co. Ltd is currently earning 15 percent operating profit on its share capital of
% 20 lakh. Face value of each share is 200. The company is interested to go
for an expansion programme for which it needs an additional share capital of
10 lakh. Company issues these additional shares with 10 percent premium and
incurs 5 percent flotation cost. You are required to calculate the cost of
additional equity capital assuming that rate of earning of the co. is unaffected.
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Computation of Cost of Capital after the additional issue:
K,=EPS/NP or MP
=30/210 = 0.1429 or 14.29% (Answer)
Working Notes:
1. Calculation of EPS:
Operating Profits= (20+10 )x0.15=4.5 lakh
No. of equity shares=30,00,000/200=15,000
EPS=Operating profits/No. of Equity shares=4,50,000/15,000= %30
2. Calculation of Net Proceeds (NP):
Face Value+ Premium- Flotation Cost =200+20-10=%210
Question 3
A firm is currently earning % 50 lakh and its share selling at a market price
of 2140. The firm has 1,00,000 shares outstanding. Compute the cost of
equity.
Solution:
K,= EPS/NP or MP = 50/140=0.3571 or 35.71% (Answer)
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Computation of cost of capital on the basis of fixed dividend
may not appropriate as the dividend over the years tend to
grow. The growth in dividend may be at constant rate or
may grow over the years. Whatever is the case, with the
given growth rate the cost of capital would be calculated as
follows:
K,= D/NP or MP +G
Where,
K,=Cost of equity
D=dividend payable
NP = Net Proceed
G= Growth Rate
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Equity share of a company is currently selling for = 100. It wants to finance its
capital expenditure of & 20 lakh either by retaining earnings or by selling new
shares. If Hen wants to sell the shares, the issue price would be % 95. The
expected dividend next year is 24.75 per share and it is expected to grow at 6
percent perpetually. Calculate the cost of equity capital internally and
externally.
Solution:
Cost of equity internall:
It means that the project is being financed internally through the retention of
earnings. In that case, the dividend would be divided by market price and
growth rate would be added to find out the cost of equity capital.
K,.=D/NP or MP+G = (4.75/100)+0.06 = 0.0475+0.06 = 0.1075
.75% (Answer)
Cost of equity externally
It means that the project is being financed through the issue of share capital
and not through the retention of earnings. In that case, the dividend would be
divided by net proceed and then growth rate would be added to find out the
cost of capital.
K.= D/NP or MP+G = (4.75/95)+0.06 = 0.05+0.06 = 0.11 or 11% (Answer)
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Retained earnings are available within the company in the form reserves after
distributing dividends to the shareholders. Retained earnings represent cumulative
earnings of a business firm since its’ inception. The same retained earnings are
ploughed back into the firm’s growth by making it a part of capital structure. Retained
earnings are also known as capitalized profits. The cost of retained earnings is the
opportunity cost of shareholders and is calculated same as we calculate the cost of
equity Capital.
K,,.= D/MP+G
Where,
G= growth rate in the dividend
Question 1
Company X has 2 10 lakh of retained earnings. It has a projected dividend of 2 6.75 per
share next year and the growth rate in dividend is 7 percent. The market price of share
is = 150. What would be the cost of retained earnings?
Solution:
K,.= D/MP+G =6.75/150+.07 =.045+.07 = 0.115 or 11.5% (Answer)
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Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) is aggregated
average cost of the entire capital structure of a given
concern. WACC is calculated by multiplying the specific
cost of a component with its respective weight then all these
amounts are added up, the resulting figure is WACC.
WACC = W!C!+WC?+W3C3+.....W" C”
Where,
WACC2= Weighted Average Cost of Capital
W!,W2,W3...W"=Weights of different Component’s of
Capital
C!, C2, C3...C" = Costs of different Component’s of Capital
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Question 1:
Hindustan Chemicals Limited has its capital structure consisting of Equity,
preference and debt capital detailed as below:
1. Equity share Capital:
6,00,000 equity shares of Rs. 10 each. The current market price of share is Rs.
ae During the current year, the company has declared a dividend of Rs. 6 per
share.
2. Preference share capital:
14% preference shares of Rs, 10 each aggregating Rs. 30,00,000. The company
has received only 95% of the face value of preference shares after deducting
issue expenses.
3. Debenture Capital
13% 50,000 debentures of Rs 100 each amounting to = 50,00,000
The company’s corporate tax rate is at 40%. The growth in dividends on equity
shares is expected at 5%. You are required to calculate:
a) Cost of capital if each component
b) WACC of the company.
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Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)
Cost of Equity:
D
Ke = —~— + Growth Rate
MP
Where:
Ke = cost of equity capital
D = dividend paid by the company
MP= market price of equity share
Growth rate = % growth in profit and dividend
Therefore, cost of equity is calculated as:
Ke= 6/24+0.05=.25+.05=.3 or 30% (Answer)
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Kp= D/NPx100
Where,
Kp= Cost of preference share
D=Dividend payable on preference share
NP= Net Proceed
Therefore, Cost of Preference share is:
Kp= D/NP x 100
=1.4/9.5 x100
=14.74% (Answer)
Cost of Debenture
Kd=I (1-t)
Where,
Kd= Cost of debt after tax
Rate of Interest on debt
t=Rate of tax
Therefore, cost of debt is:
Kd =13x(1-0.4)= 13x0.6
=7.8% (Answer)
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(Ory e | Amount (%) Weight % Cost of ALN Or
(W) Capital (WxCC)
(CC)
Equity 60,00,000 | 42.86 0.30 12.86
Capital
14% 30,00,000 21.43 0.15 3.16
Preference
Share Capital
15% 50,00,000 35.71 .078 2.78
Debentures
Total 1,40,00,000 | 100 - 18.8%
(Answer)
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Unit 3
of
Financial Management
MBA 2" Semester,
Department of Business
Administration,
University of Lucknow
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The capital structure theories explore the relationship between the use
of debt and equity financing and the value of the firm. If the use of
debt is profitable then it increases the value of the firm and vice versa.
Capital structure theories belong to two categories:
a) Theories of Relevance and:
b) Theories of Irrelevance
The capital structure theories use the following assumptions for
simplicity:
1) The firm uses only two sources of funds: debt and equity.
2) The effects of taxes are ignored.
3) There is no change in investment decisions or in the firm's
total assets.
4) No income is retained.
5) Business risk is unaffected by the financing mix.
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1. Net Income (NI) Approach
2. Net Operating Income (NOI) Approach
3. Traditional Approach
4. M-M Hypothesis
NI Approach and Traditional Approach suggest
that capital structure are relevant and affect the
value of the firm. On the other hand, NOI
Approach and MM Hypothesis support the view
of the irrelevance of capital structure.
© scanned with OKEN ScannerNet Income Approach: Relevance of Capital Structure
‘According to this approach, a firm can minimize the weighted average cost of
capital and increase the value of the firm as well as market price of equity shares by
using debt financing to the maximum possible extent. The theory propounds that a
company can increase its value and decrease the overall cost of capital by
increasing the proportion of debt in its capital structure. This approach is based
upon the following assumptions:
1. The cost of debt is less than the cost of equity.
2. There are no taxes.
3. The risk perception of investors is not changed by the use of debt.
(Cost or equITY)
(Net Income Approach: Effect of Leverageon CostofCapital)
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This theory as suggested by Durand is another extreme
of the effect of leverage on the value of the firm. It is
diametrically opposite to the net income approach.
According to this approach, change in the capital
structure of a company does not affect the market value
of the firm and the overall cost of capital remains
constant irrespective of the method of financing.
This theory presumes that:
1. The market capitalizes the value of the firm as a whole;
2. The business risk remains constant at every level of debt
equity mix;
3. There are no corporate taxes.
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The traditional approach, also known as Intermediate approach, has three stages.
According to this theory, in the first stage, the value of the firm can be increased
initially by using more debt as the debt is a cheaper source of funds than equity. In
the stage two, optimum capital structure is attained by a proper debt-equity mix. At
stage two overall cast is the lowest. Beyond stage two, the cost of equity increases
because increased debt increases the financial risk of the equity shareholders. The
advantage of cheaper debt at this point of capital structure is offset by increased
cost of equity. After this there comes a stage, when the increased cost of equity
cannot be offset by the advantage of low-cost debt, According to traditional theory,
stage two is the best and preferable whereas, stages one and three are not
preferable. All the three stages have been depicted in the graph below:
08 COSPOFCAerraLy
ee
i
(Traditional Approach: Effectof Leverageon Costof Capital)
canals —e
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M&M hypothesis is identical with the Net Operating Income
approach if taxes are ignored. However, when corporate taxes
are assumed to exist, their hypothesis is similar to the Net
Income Approach. The M&M approach is based upon the
following assumptions:
There are no corporate taxes.
There is a perfect market.
Investors act rationally.
The expected earnings of all the firms have identical risk
characteristics.
5. The cut-off point of investment in a firm is capitalization
rate.
Risk to investors does not change.
7. All earnings are distributed to the shareholders.
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s
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MM approach in the absence of corporate taxes, i.e.,
the theory of irrelevance of financing mix has been
presented in the following figure:
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5
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0
——— beck oF LeveRAce ———>
(MM Theory of rrelevance: Effect of Leverageon costof debt, equity and overallcost of capital)
eS enreeue
Pe K4(COST OF DEBT)
Kg (OVERALL.
‘COST OF CAPITAL)
x
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Modigliani and Miller, in their article of 1963 have recognized that the
value of the firm will increase or the cost of capital will decrease with the
use of debt on account of deductibility of interest charges for tax purpose.
Thus, the optimum capital structure can be achieved by maximizing the
debt mix in the equity of a firm.
VL (VALUE OF
LEVERED FIRM)
‘VALUE OF INTEREST TAX SHIELD
Vy (VALUE OF
LUNLEVERED FIRM)
——— pect oF Leverace ———>
(MM Approach: Value of Levered and Unlevered Firm)
© scanned with OKEN ScannerArbitrage Process in MM Hypothesis
According to MM Hypothesis, the firm using higher debt
may show a higher value temporarily. M & M theory
suggests this situation cannot remain for a long period
because of the arbitrage process.
As the investors in high-debt-company earn a higher rate
of return on their investment with high financial risk, they
will sell their holding of shares and invest the same in low-
debt-company.
Further, as low debt company does not use significant debt
in its capital structure, the financial risk to the investors
will be less, thus, they buy the share in high-debt-company
in order to earn more. The investors can even use
borrowed funds to earn more.
This arbitrage process will continue till the prices of shares
of both the companies are equalized.
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1. Theories of Capital Structure argue about the use of debt in
the capital mix and its resulting impact on the value of firm
2. These theories have been divided into two categories,
theories of relevance and theories of irrelevance.
3. All the theories are bound by certain assumptions which are
subject to criticism.
4. Application of these theories would be possible if all the
assumptions are realized.
5. The study of these theories develops academic and technical
insights.
6. Practically, in the industry, at the time of formulation of
investment and financing policies some guidance is
available from these capital structure.
7. The study of these theories opens up more possibilities of
further research on these topics.
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Unit 4
Financial Management
MBA 2"¢ Semester,
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Types of Dividend Theories
Dividend Decision Theories
Relevant Theories Irrelevant Theories
— |
ATi) Gordon's Miller Modigliani
Model Model Theory
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2Dividend Theories
Dividend theories are based on the relationship
between dividend and the value of the firm. Some
theories advocate that payment of dividend affect
the value of firm and hence dividend policy is
relevant in order to have the benefits out of the
dividend payout. Other theories on the other hand
say that dividend payment decision does not affect
the value of the firm hence, it payment of any
dividend is relevant in a given organization.
Important theories advanced in this regard as under:
1. Walter’s Model
2. Gordon’s Model
3. Modigliani and Miller’s Hypothesis
© scanned with OKEN ScannerWalter’s Model: Dividend Relevance
Professor James E. Walter argues that the choice of dividend policies almost
always affects the value of the enterprise.
Important Assumptions of Walter’s Model:
1. Only Retained Earnings as a Source of Financing
The firm finances all investment through retained earnings; that is debt or new
equity is not issued;
2. Constant rand k
The firm’s internal rate of return (r), and its cost of capital (k) are constant;
3. Either Distribute or Retain the Earnings
All earnings are either distributed as dividend or reinvested internally
immediately.
4. E (EPS) and D (DPS) remain constant
Beginning earnings and dividends never change. The values of the earnings per
share (E), and the divided per share (D) may be changed in the model to
determine results, but any given values of E and D are assumed to remain
constant forever in determining a given value.
5. Infinite Life of the Firm
The firm has a very long or infinite life.
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D+(E-D)r/k
K
P= Price per equity share
D= Dividend per share
E= Earnings per share
(E-D)= Retained earnings per shares
r= Internal rate of return on investment
k= Cost of equity
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“Growth Fm, > k Normal Fim, =k Decining Firm, r k”
2. Advice for Normal Firms
Any retention or payout ratio can be adopted. The
value of the firm would remain unchanged as “r = k”
3. Advice for Declining Firms
In order to increase the value of the firms it is
recommended to minimize the Retention ratio as
much as possible as “r < k”
© scanned with OKEN ScannerCriticism of Walter’s Model:
Walter’s model is quite useful to show the effects of dividend
policy on an all equity firm under different assumptions, but the
model is criticized on the following grounds:
1. No differentiation in dividend and investment policy
Mixing up dividend and investment policies:
2. Retained Earnings is only the source of financing
The model assumes that the investments of the firm are financed
by retained earnings only. This assumption is practically
challengeable.
3. Constant r and k is impractical
Walter’s model is based on the assumption that return (r) is
constant. In fact, this assumption is not practical.
4, Ignoring Risk
A firm’s cost of capital or discount rate, K, does not remain
constant; it changes directly with the firm’s risk.
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One very popular model explicitly relating the market value of
the firm to dividend policy is developed by Myron Gordon.
Assumptions:
Gordon’s model is based on the following assumptions:
The firm is an all Equity firm
No external financing is available
The internal rate of return (r) of the firm is constant.
The appropriate discount rate (K) of the firm remains
constant.
The firm and its stream of earnings are perpetual
The corporate taxes do not exist.
7. The retention ratio (b), once decided upon, is constant. Thus,
the growth rate, g = (b) (1), is constant forever.
8. Growth rate (g) and discount rate (k) together decide the
value of the firm, higher or lower.
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