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Seeking the Optimal Capital Structure: Pfizer

By Staff Writer | Updated on November 01, 2011

As Pfizer considered changing its business mix, the $67.8 billion pharmaceutical maker wanted to get a better handle on the best capital structure for the company. So treasury built a dynamic model that takes into account Pfizer’s balance sheet and cash flow forecasts to determine an appropriate capital structure.

Amit Singh, Pfizer’s senior director of capital markets, says standard models for a company’s capital structure focus mostly on tax benefits related to leverage and distress costs. The traditional analysis usually ends up suggesting the amount of leverage equal to a Triple-B credit rating is appropriate, he says.

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