FINA 3301 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Retained Earnings, Accounts Payable, Standard Deviation

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Refers to investor supplied funds: debt, preferred stock, common stock, and retained earnings, does not include accounts payable and accruals because they are not supplied by investors (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Is the mix of debt, preferred stock, and common equity that maximizes the stock"s intrinsic value: also minimizes the wacc. No distinction is made between common equity raised by issuing stock versus retained earnings: stockholders provided both components. It is better to use market values but there are arguments for both sides. In a perfect world: a firm would identify its optimal capital structure based on market values raise capital to maintain that structure and the use the optimal percentages to calculate its wacc. Most firms instead focus on a target debt ratio range due to the volatility of the markets. The greater the difference between the stock"s book value and market value the greater the difference between alternative waccs.

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