Question

Beranek Corp has $720,000 of assets (which equal total invested capital), and it uses no debt—it is financed only with common equity. The new CFO wants to employ enough debt to raise the total debt to total capital ratio to 40%, using the proceeds from borrowing to buy back common stock at its book value. How much must the firm borrow to achieve the target debt ratio?

Answer 1

Answer:

firm must borrow $288000 to achieve the target debt ratio

Explanation:

given data

assets = $720,000

debt to total capital ratio = 40%

to find out

How much must the firm borrow to achieve the target debt ratio

solution

we get here debt here by Debt to Total capital ratio that is express as

Debt to Total capital ratio = Debt ÷ (  Debt + Equity  )   ....................1

put here value we get debt

0.40 = $\frac{debt}{720000}$

debt = $288000

so firm must borrow $288000 to achieve the target debt ratio