Reliable Gearing currently is all-equity-financed. It has 26,000 shares of equity outstanding, selling at $100 a share. The firm is considering a capital restructuring. The low-debt plan calls for a debt issue of $360,000 with the proceeds used to buy back stock. The high-debt plan would exchange $560,000 of debt for equity. The debt will pay an interest rate of 11%. The firm pays no taxes.
a. What will be the debt-to-equity ratio if it borrows $360,000? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Debt-to-equity ratio=?
b. If earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) are $270,000, what will be earnings per share (EPS) if Reliable borrows $360,000? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) EPS =?
c. What will EPS be if it borrows $560,000? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
EPS=?
Reliable Gearing currently is all-equity-financed. It has 26,000 shares of equity outstanding, selling at $100 a share. The firm is considering a capital restructuring. The low-debt plan calls for a debt issue of $360,000 with the proceeds used to buy back stock. The high-debt plan would exchange $560,000 of debt for equity. The debt will pay an interest rate of 11%. The firm pays no taxes.
a. What will be the debt-to-equity ratio if it borrows $360,000? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Debt-to-equity ratio=?
b. If earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) are $270,000, what will be earnings per share (EPS) if Reliable borrows $360,000? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) EPS =?
c. What will EPS be if it borrows $560,000? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
EPS=?
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| . | If earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) are $200,000, what will be earnings per share (EPS) if Reliable borrows $290,000?
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Reliable Gearing currently is all-equity-financed. It has 18,000 shares of equity outstanding, selling at $100 a share. The firm is considering a capital restructuring. The low-debt plan calls for a debt issue of $340,000 with the proceeds used to buy back stock. The high-debt plan would exchange $500,000 of debt for equity. The debt will pay an interest rate of 10.8%. The firm pays no taxes.
| a. | What will be the debt-to-equity ratio after each contemplated restructuring? (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) |
| Debt-to-Equity Ratio | |
| Low-debt plan | |
| High-debt plan | |
| b-1. | If earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) will be either $130,000 or $190,000, what will be earnings per share for each financing mix for both possible values of EBIT? (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) |
| Earnings Per Share | ||
| EBIT | Low-Debt Plan | High-Debt Plan |
| $130,000 | $ | $ |
| $190,000 | ||
| b-2. | If both scenarios are equally likely, what is expected (i.e., average) EPS under each financing mix? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) |
| Earnings Per Share | |
| Low-debt plan | $ |
| High-debt plan | |
| b-3. | Is the high-debt mix preferable? | ||||
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| c. | Suppose that EBIT is $194,400. What is EPS under each financing mix? (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) |
| Earnings Per Share | |
| Low-debt plan | $ |
| High-debt plan |
| River Cruises is all-equity-financed with 100,000 shares. It now proposes to issue $280,000 of debt at an interest rate of 12% and use the proceeds to repurchase 28,000 shares at $10 per share. Profits before interest are expected to be $128,000. |
| a. | What is the ratio of price to expected earnings for River Cruises before it borrows the $280,000? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) |
| Price-earnings ratio |
| b. | What is the ratio after it borrows? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) |
| Price-earnings ratio | |
