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Target leverage ratio
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Target leverage ratioThe ratio of the market value of debt to the total market value of the firm that management seeks to maintain.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Ratio
The relation between two quantifies expressed as the number of times one is greater than the other.
Market
1) The total demand for a good. 2) The set of all actual and potential buyers of a good or service. 3) The place where people buy and sell. 4) The process by which buyers and sellers of goods, services and factors of production interact to determine prices and quantifies.
Value
The worth or desirability of something expressed as an amount of money.
Debt
Money borrowed.
Total
Total is a top French corporation in the field of oil and gas operations, and its estimated market value is 151,130 million US dollars.
Firm
1) Refers to an order to buy or sell that can be executed without confirmation for some fixed period. 2) A synonym for company.
Management
The people who administer a company, create policies, and provide the support necessary to implement the owners' business objectives.
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Target
Target is a top United States corporation in the field of retailing, and its estimated market value is 45,270 million US dollars.
Target benefit plan
A benefit plan that is similar to a defined benefit plan since contributions are based on projected retirement benefits.
Target cash balance
Optimal amount of cash for a firm to hold, considering the trade-off between the opportunity costs of holding too much cash and the trading costs of holding too little cash.
Target company
Often used in risk arbitrage. Firm chosen as an attractive takeover candidate by a potential acquirer.
Target firm
A firm that is the object of a takeover by another firm.
Target investment mix
The percentage mix of stocks, bonds, and short-term reserves that an investor considers appropriate based on his-her personal objectives, time horizon, risk tolerance, and financial resources.
Target payout ratio
A firm's long-run dividend to earnings ratio. The firm's policy is to attempt to pay out a certain percentage of earnings, but it pays a stated dollar dividend and adjusts it to the target as base line increases in earnings occur.
Target price
1) In the context of takeovers, the price at which an acquirer aims to buy a target firm. 2) In the context of options, the price of the underlying security at which an option will become in the money. 3) In the context of stocks, the price that an investor hopes a stock will reach in a certain time period.
Target pricing
Setting a price to meet a target rate of return on total costs at an estimated sales volume.
Target zone arrangement
A monetary system under which countries pledge to maintain their exchange rates within a specific margin around agreed-upon, fixed central exchange rates.
Target zones
Implicit boundaries on exchange rates established by central banks.
Targeted Amortization Class (TAC) bonds
Bonds offered as a tranche class of some CMOs, according to a sinking fund schedule.
Targeted registered offerings
Securities issues sold to "targeted" foreign financial institutions according to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission guidelines.
Targeted repurchase
Buying back of a firm's stock from a potential acquirer, usually at a substantial premium, to forestall a takeover attempt.
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Target benefit plan
A benefit plan that is similar to a defined benefit plan since contributions are based on projected retirement benefits.
Target cash balance
Optimal amount of cash for a firm to hold, considering the trade-off between the opportunity costs of holding too much cash and the trading costs of holding too little cash.
Target company
Often used in risk arbitrage. Firm chosen as an attractive takeover candidate by a potential acquirer.
Target firm
A firm that is the object of a takeover by another firm.
Target investment mix
The percentage mix of stocks, bonds, and short-term reserves that an investor considers appropriate based on his-her personal objectives, time horizon, risk tolerance, and financial resources.
Target leverage ratio
Target payout ratio
A firm's long-run dividend to earnings ratio. The firm's policy is to attempt to pay out a certain percentage of earnings, but it pays a stated dollar dividend and adjusts it to the target as base line increases in earnings occur.
Target price
1) In the context of takeovers, the price at which an acquirer aims to buy a target firm. 2) In the context of options, the price of the underlying security at which an option will become in the money. 3) In the context of stocks, the price that an investor hopes a stock will reach in a certain time period.
Target pricing
Setting a price to meet a target rate of return on total costs at an estimated sales volume.
Target zone arrangement
A monetary system under which countries pledge to maintain their exchange rates within a specific margin around agreed-upon, fixed central exchange rates.
Target zones
Implicit boundaries on exchange rates established by central banks.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Ratio
The relation between two quantifies expressed as the number of times one is greater than the other.
Market
1) The total demand for a good. 2) The set of all actual and potential buyers of a good or service. 3) The place where people buy and sell. 4) The process by which buyers and sellers of goods, services and factors of production interact to determine prices and quantifies.
Value
The worth or desirability of something expressed as an amount of money.
Debt
Money borrowed.
Total
Total is a top French corporation in the field of oil and gas operations, and its estimated market value is 151,130 million US dollars.
Firm
1) Refers to an order to buy or sell that can be executed without confirmation for some fixed period. 2) A synonym for company.
Management
The people who administer a company, create policies, and provide the support necessary to implement the owners' business objectives.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Target
Target is a top United States corporation in the field of retailing, and its estimated market value is 45,270 million US dollars.
Target benefit plan
A benefit plan that is similar to a defined benefit plan since contributions are based on projected retirement benefits.
Target cash balance
Optimal amount of cash for a firm to hold, considering the trade-off between the opportunity costs of holding too much cash and the trading costs of holding too little cash.
Target company
Often used in risk arbitrage. Firm chosen as an attractive takeover candidate by a potential acquirer.
Target firm
A firm that is the object of a takeover by another firm.
Target investment mix
The percentage mix of stocks, bonds, and short-term reserves that an investor considers appropriate based on his-her personal objectives, time horizon, risk tolerance, and financial resources.
Target payout ratio
A firm's long-run dividend to earnings ratio. The firm's policy is to attempt to pay out a certain percentage of earnings, but it pays a stated dollar dividend and adjusts it to the target as base line increases in earnings occur.
Target price
1) In the context of takeovers, the price at which an acquirer aims to buy a target firm. 2) In the context of options, the price of the underlying security at which an option will become in the money. 3) In the context of stocks, the price that an investor hopes a stock will reach in a certain time period.
Target pricing
Setting a price to meet a target rate of return on total costs at an estimated sales volume.
Target zone arrangement
A monetary system under which countries pledge to maintain their exchange rates within a specific margin around agreed-upon, fixed central exchange rates.
Target zones
Implicit boundaries on exchange rates established by central banks.
Targeted Amortization Class (TAC) bonds
Bonds offered as a tranche class of some CMOs, according to a sinking fund schedule.
Targeted registered offerings
Securities issues sold to "targeted" foreign financial institutions according to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission guidelines.
Targeted repurchase
Buying back of a firm's stock from a potential acquirer, usually at a substantial premium, to forestall a takeover attempt.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Target benefit plan
A benefit plan that is similar to a defined benefit plan since contributions are based on projected retirement benefits.
Target cash balance
Optimal amount of cash for a firm to hold, considering the trade-off between the opportunity costs of holding too much cash and the trading costs of holding too little cash.
Target company
Often used in risk arbitrage. Firm chosen as an attractive takeover candidate by a potential acquirer.
Target firm
A firm that is the object of a takeover by another firm.
Target investment mix
The percentage mix of stocks, bonds, and short-term reserves that an investor considers appropriate based on his-her personal objectives, time horizon, risk tolerance, and financial resources.
Target leverage ratio
Target payout ratio
A firm's long-run dividend to earnings ratio. The firm's policy is to attempt to pay out a certain percentage of earnings, but it pays a stated dollar dividend and adjusts it to the target as base line increases in earnings occur.
Target price
1) In the context of takeovers, the price at which an acquirer aims to buy a target firm. 2) In the context of options, the price of the underlying security at which an option will become in the money. 3) In the context of stocks, the price that an investor hopes a stock will reach in a certain time period.
Target pricing
Setting a price to meet a target rate of return on total costs at an estimated sales volume.
Target zone arrangement
A monetary system under which countries pledge to maintain their exchange rates within a specific margin around agreed-upon, fixed central exchange rates.
Target zones
Implicit boundaries on exchange rates established by central banks.
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