Zheng Sen's Chinese Take-Out Had Earnings Before Interest and Taxes

question 131

Essay

Zheng Sen's Chinese Take-Out had earnings before interest and taxes of $4,000,000 last year. The firm has a marginal tax rate of 40 percent and currently has the following capital structure: (a) Calculate the firm's after-tax return on equity (ROE) and earnings per share (EPS).
(b) If the firm retires $4,000,000 of preferred stock using the proceeds from an equal increase in long-term debt, what would have been the after-tax return on equity (ROE) and earnings per share (EPS)?
(c) If the firm retires $4,000,000 of preferred stock using the proceeds from the sale of 500,000 shares of common stock, what would have been the after-tax return on equity (ROE) and earnings per share (EPS)?

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Definitions:

Exercise Control

The act of directing, managing, or commanding something or someone effectively.

Duty

In a negligence action, an obligation to live up to a reasonable standard.

Gratuitous Bailment

A legal relationship where personal property is voluntarily transferred from one party to another without expectation of payment or benefit.

Equity

Legal principles founded upon fairness, as developed in the Court of Chancery to relieve the harshness of the common law; also the value left in an asset after subtracting what the owner owes.