A friend of yours is currently the president of a large company. She asks your opinion on

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A friend of yours is currently the president of a large company. She asks your opinion on a decision she is trying to make about how to obtain funds for her company in order to cover several years of operating losses. She works with a good company and is confident that earnings are about to turn positive. As she talks about the decision, it is clear to you that she is leaning towards selling more stock in the company rather than issuing more debt. During the conversation, she states several times that new debt requires more interest expense, but that equity is largely “free money” in the sense that the dividend payout rate is much lower than the company’s interest rate. Further, the dividends paid out on the new equity will not affect earnings. You decide to explain the concept of Economic Value Added to help her better understand the full cost of adding more invested capital assets in the organization. During a pause in the conversation, she asks you, “So, do you agree with me that selling more stock in the company is clearly the way to resolve our operating loss problem?” How do you respond?


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Accounting concepts and applications

ISBN: 978-0538745482

11th Edition

Authors: Albrecht Stice, Stice Swain

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