Estimating the cost of debt for various issuers CFA Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Estimating the cost of debt for various issuers Flashcard Deck - 9 Cards
Flashcard 1: 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 2: Factors that impact cost of debt
Answer: - whether publicly traded
- whether rated by ratings agency
- which currency the debt was issued in
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: How are earnings considered adequate?
Answer: can cover company's cost of capital
Flashcard 6: 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 7: 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 8: 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 9: 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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