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Consider two firms that are identical in every way except that one has $15,000 of debt and 500 shares of stock outstanding,while the other is all-equity and has 650 shares of stock outstanding.Assume that the debt is a perpetuity with annual coupons at the rate of 6%.What is each firms' earnings per share if EBIT is $7,500? Assume a tax rate of 40%.
Consider two firms that are identical in every way except that one has $15,000 of debt and 500 shares of stock outstanding,while the other is all-equity and has 650 shares of stock outstanding.Assume that the debt is a perpetuity with annual coupons at the rate of 6%.What is each firms' earnings per share if EBIT is $7,500? Assume a tax rate of 40%.   A)  EPS<sub>L</sub> = 7.92; EPS<sub>E</sub> = 7.92 B)  EPS<sub>L</sub> = 6.92; EPS<sub>E</sub> = 7.92 C)  EPS<sub>L</sub> = 6.92; EPS<sub>E</sub> = 6.92 D)  EPS<sub>L</sub> = 7.92; EPS<sub>E</sub> = 6.92 E)  EPS<sub>L</sub> = 8.92; EPS<sub>E</sub> = 6.92


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