David Lyons, CEO of Lyons Solar Technologies, is concerned about his firm’s level of debt financing
June 7th, 2024
Now suppose investors are subject to the following tax rates:TD = 30% and TS = 12%.What is the gain from leverage according to the miller model?Why is corporate finance important to all managers?MINI CASEDavid Lyons, CEO of Lyons Solar Technologies, is concerned about his firm’s level of debt financing. The company uses short-term debt to finance its temporary working capital needs, but it does not use any permanent (long-term) debt. Other solar technology companies average about 30 percent debt, and Mr. Lyons wonders why they use so much more debt, and what its effects are on stock prices. To gain some insights into the matter, he poses the following questions to you, his recently hired assistant: