Northern Pacific Heating and Cooling Inc. has a 6-month backlog of orders for it
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Northern Pacific Heating and Cooling Inc. has a 6-month backlog of orders for its patented solar heating system. To meet this demand, management plans to expand production capacity by 45% with a $10 million investment in plant and machinery. The firm wants to maintain a 30% debt-to-total-assets ratio in its capital structure. It also wants to maintain its past dividend policy of distributing 35% of last year's net income. In 2014, net income was $5 million. How much external equity must Northern Pacific seek at the beginning of 2015 to expand capacity as desired? Assume the firm uses only debt and common equity in its capital structure. Write out your answer completely. For example, 25 million should be entered as 25,000,000. Round your answer to the nearest cent.
Explanation / Answer
Retained earnings = Net income (1 -payout ratio)
= 5,000,000 ( 1 - .35)
= 5,000,000 * .65
= $ 3,250,000
Total equity required = Total investment * (1-Debt ratio)
= 10,000,000 (1 - .30)
= 10,000,000 *.70
= 7,000,000
new external equity needed = 7,000,000 - 3,250,000
= $ 3,750,000
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