Assessed Blog 4 Capital structure-The technology company of Xiaomi and Letv
Through the previous learning in class or research in specific industry like banking area ,it is crucial for a company to highlight the importance of your shareholder’s wealth and create a health corporate cultural.Meanwhile,a suitable capital structure is the fundamental part of the enterprise,a suitable proportion between debt and equity according to the different situation appears particularly important.In this blog, l will compare two technology company which start their business in smart phones and TV respectively in China to evaluate the importance of an health capital structure.

Obviously,such a company over-spend their capital in pursue expand larger and invest in different industry without due dilligence will decrease both shareholder and public confidence,moreover,with the lack of both quality and technology in their TV industry recent years. After a rocket in its market share,it bottoming out seriously,the market share is not worth than before.The company has face serious problems in just five years.The debt in company is a big issue,the strategy of pursuing highlight industry blindly has already led a high gearing of the company.With the trigger of downfall of their market share,it has face severe pressure both inside the company and outside the public,the loaner want their money back,supplier found no confidence in Letv.The capital chain rupture has happened.
What’s worse,Letv has been found by regulators for raising capital illegally,things happened in 2015 by emerging a popular method of raising capital called “peer to peer”which is new way to raise capital without bank,but person to person.In 2017,It has been found that Letv has raising the lender’s money for paying back their debt.when the news came out,the share plummet.And Letv face the serious situation of bankrupting.


l have think about the optimal point based on the trade-off model.l believe there is no fixed one for a industry,even a company.The optimal point is change every time,it is flexible.Company should learn to adjust your capital structure according to changeable economic environment,like Xiaomi,when they found it was a time in starting their smartphones business in China,they try to increase their gearing to meet the better chance appear in the electronic market,as the same,when the situation is serious than before,they take measure to adjust their debt to decrease the risk in this period.If the company want to live longer,they can’t just thinking about expand and step into business based on the popularity,they also need to understand themselves,taking a appropriate capital structure.
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