Attached is the Form 10K for the GREENBRIER COMPANIES which Rail road company in USA.
CAPITAL STRUCTURE CHOICES
• What are the different kinds or types of financing that this company has used to raise funds? Where do they fall in the continuum betweendebt and equity?
• How large, in qualitative/quantitative terms, are the advantages to this firm from using debt?
• How large, in qualitative/quantitative terms, are the disadvantages to this firm from using debt?
• From the qualitative trade off, does this firm look like it has too much or too little debt?
OPTIMAL CAPITAL STRUCTURE
• Based upon the cost of capital approach, what is the optimal debt ratio for your firm?
• Bringing in reasonable constraints into the decision process, what would your recommended debt ratio be for this firm?
• Does your firm have too much or too little debt
o relative to the sector?
o relative to the market?
Attachment:- GBX--Greenbrier-Companies-Inc--.rar