A Firm Issues 100,000 Equity Shares with a Total Market

question 98

Multiple Choice

A firm issues 100,000 equity shares with a total market value of $5,000,000.The firm's market value of debt is also of equal amount, i.e., $5,000,000.The firm is expected to generate $1.5 million in operating income and pay $250,000 in interest.Ignoring taxes, this will generate $12.50 earnings per share.What will happen to EPS if the firm's borrowing and interest expense increases by 50% and the number of shares in circulation is cut by 50% (assuming that the share price remains unchanged with this change in capital structure) ?

• A)EPS decrease to $10.00
• B)EPS decrease to $11.67
• C)EPS increase to $15.00
• D)EPS increase to $22.50

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