барсук правильно говорит - "don't quibble over quarters and eighths"
кста вчера читал статью от которой немного офигел. статья про то что debt лучше чем equity, как примеры приводятся INTC, MSFT, CSCO - типа у них почти нет долгов и это плохо.
http://money.cnn.com...70659/index.htm[q]Most companies use a combination of debt and equity, and finding the best mix is a deep field of study in which economists have won Nobel Prizes. But it's crucial to remember a basic point: Debt capital is cheaper than equity capital. The rate of return that equity investors demand is always going to be higher than prevailing bond rates. And while companies get a tax deduction for the interest they pay on debt, they get no tax breaks on equity.
So while the optimal mix of debt and equity--that is, the mix that will produce the lowest total capital cost--will vary by company, it will almost always include a sizable chunk of debt. Considering that the very essence of corporate performance is earning a return on capital that exceeds the cost of capital, corporate America has long been way underleveraged.
New research shows that the problem is especially pronounced today. That's bad, because in an era of global markets, equity investors can order from a worldwide menu of choices. They want only the very best investments, those companies with the widest spread between return on capital and capital cost. So achieving the lowest possible capital cost is becoming ever more critical. Yet U.S. companies are straying farther from that path.
As one example among many, consider Intel--a truly great company, but look at its capital. Debt is usually expressed as a percentage of total capital; 20% would not be unusual, and some companies have much more. But Intel's debt level is negative 9%. How? It has so much cash and marketable securities on hand that it could pay off all its debt with money to spare.
That may sound wonderful, but a company with no debt--or negative debt--is relying entirely on the more expensive form of capital, equity. Thus big, established, successful Intel bears a towering capital cost of 13.9%, which you might expect for a risky startup. By comparison, Procter & Gamble (Research) uses a healthy dose of debt and has a capital cost of only 7.4%.[/q]
Сообщение отредактировал Pooh: 28.03.2006, 22:07:00