Cost of capital for public vs private companies CFA Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Cost of capital for public vs private companies Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: Factors affecting cost of capital and debt. Top Down:
Answer: - capital availability: developed countries (stable currency )in a better spot than undeveloped (shadow banking)
- market conditions: inflation, interest rates, state of economy
- legal & regulatory, country risk: common-law better than civil-law
- tax jurisdictions: higher marginal tax rate -> greater tax benefit of using debt
Flashcard 2: Estimate cost of debt for publicly traded debt
Answer: - YTM for longest maturity straight debt outstanding
- if thinly traded, go with yield on the shorter maturity debt
Flashcard 3: Two approaches to estimating the cost of equity of a foreign company?
Answer: 1. country risk premium
2. expanded CAPM
Flashcard 4: What is the rental price of capital?
Answer: marginal cost of capital (r)
Flashcard 5: Discount rate for equity =
Answer: \= R + π + θ + λ + κ
λ: credit spread\
π: expection inflation\
θ: inflation premium\
κ: risk premium for equity vs. risky debt
Flashcard 6: How are earnings considered adequate?
Answer: can cover company's cost of capital
Flashcard 7: Estimate cost of debt on non-traded
Answer: - matrix pricing (interpolated yield)
- if debt not credit rated, use interest coverage ratio or financial leverage to infer
- if rate on existing bank debt not useful, use leases
- if leases undisclosed, use the incremental borrowing rate (the rate on a new secured loan over the same term)
Flashcard 8: 3-Factor Fama French model to estimate cost of equity
Answer: required return = rf + ERP + SMB + HML\
SMB: size premium (avg. difference in return of small caps over large-caps)\
HML: value premium (avg. difference in return of high book to mkt over low book to mkt portfolios)
Flashcard 9: Build-up approach for cost of equity
Answer: required return = rf + ERP + SP + SCRP\
ERP: calculated using a mkt-cap weighted index (no beta used)
Flashcard 10: What is interest expense?
Answer: financing cash flow to bond holders that is available to the firm before it makes any payments to its capital suppliers
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