Question

If you had a business that was growing but you needed a rather large infusion of cash to expand the business to meet demand (if you don't the demand will likely be met by competitors or open the door to new competitors) which type of financing would you choose and why? There is also the possibility of equity (stock) financing. The key is that if we finance a business by selling stock (equity financing) we give up some or a lot of control over the business.

Answer 1

Answer:

I would choose equity financing.

Explanation:

The reason is that in the first stages of a business, it is hard to obtain debt financing, even if the company is growing, because financial institutions assess risk, but also corporate perfomance in terms of liquidity, profitability, and efficiency, and these assessments may not be good enough in a young company for a financial institution to approve the loan.

For this reason, equity financing becomes a better alternative, even if some control of the company has to be given away. In order to reduce such control loss, a mix of common stock and preferred stock could be issued, with preferred stock holders having more entitlements to dividends, but no entitlements to corporate control.