How much additional financial risk can the firm handle

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You have just been appointed Chief Financial Officer for Hill Country Snack Foods Company and report to Howard Keener, the firm's CEO. As a first task, Keener has asked you to evaluate the performance of the firm and to make a recommendation about what the firm should do with its large cash balance and whether the firm should increase its leverage by taking on interest-bearing debt. Keener has asked you to specifically consider the following questions:

1. How much additional financial risk can the firm handle given its business risk?

2. What debt-to-capital structure would you recommend and how would issuing debt impact the company's taxes and expected costs of financial distress?

3. How could a more aggressive capital structure be implemented?

4. How do you expect the capital markets to react to the implementation of your recommendations?

At a minimum, your analysis should include measurement of the firm's RNOA and a modified DuPont analysis of the firm's current capital structure and cash holdings.

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