The Patterson- Hale Trucking Company (PHT) needs to expand its fleet by 50 percent to meet the

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The Patterson- Hale Trucking Company (PHT) needs to expand its fleet by 50 percent to meet the demands of two major contracts it just received to transport military equipment from manufacturing facilities scattered across the United States to various military bases. The cost of the expansion is estimated to be $ 14 million. PHT maintains a 30 percent debt ratio and pays out 50 percent of its earnings in common stock dividends each year.
a. If PHT earns $ 4 million in 2013, how much common stock will the firm need to sell in order to maintain its target capital structure?
b. If PHT wants to avoid selling any new stock but wants to maintain a constant dividend pay-out percentage of 50 percent, how much can the firm spend on new capital expenditures?
Common Stock
Common stock is an equity component that represents the worth of stock owned by the shareholders of the company. The common stock represents the par value of the shares outstanding at a balance sheet date. Public companies can trade their stocks on...
Dividend
A dividend is a distribution of a portion of company’s earnings, decided and managed by the company’s board of directors, and paid to the shareholders. Dividends are given on the shares. It is a token reward paid to the shareholders for their...
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Foundations of Finance The Logic and Practice of Financial Management

ISBN: 978-0132994873

8th edition

Authors: Arthur J. Keown, John D. Martin, J. William Petty

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