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DeHan Fin. Ch. 11 V
Finance Ch. 11 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Required Rate of Return/Opportunity Cost Rate | The return that must be earned on investment funds to cover the cost of financing such investments. |
| Cost of Capital | The firm's average cost of funds, which is the average return required by the firm's investors--what must be paid to attract funds. |
| Capital Components | The particular types of capital used by the firm--that is, its debt, preferred stock, and common equity. |
| After-Tax Cost of Debt | The relevant cost of new debt, taking into accounting the tax deductibility of interest. |
| Cost of Preferred Stock | The rate of return investors require on the firm's preferred stock. |
| Cost of Retained Earnings | The rate of return required by stockholders on a firm's existing common stock. |
| Cost of New Common Equity | The cost of external equity; based on the cost of retained earnings, but increased for floatation costs. |
| Floatation Costs | The expenses incurred when selling new issues of securities. |
| Target Capital Structure | The combination (%) of debt, preferred stock, and common equity that will maximize the price of the firm's stock. |
| Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) | A weighted average of the components of debt, preferred, stock, and common equity. |
| Marginal Cost of Capital (MCC) | The cost of obtaining another dollar of new capital; the weighted average cost of the last dollar of new capital raised. |
| MCC Schedule | A graph that relates the firm's weighted average cost of each dollar of capital to the total amount of new capital raised. |
| Break Point (BP) | The dollar value of new capital that can be raised before an increase in the firm's weighted average cost of capital occurs. |
| Investment Opportunity Schedule (IOS) | A graph of the firm's investment opportunities ranked in order of the projects' internal rates of return. |