When a Company with a Higher Price-Earnings (P/E) Ratio Acquires

question 29

True/False

When a company with a higher price-earnings (P/E) ratio acquires a company with a lower P/E ratio in a stock-for-stock transaction accounted for as a pooling-of-interests, the earnings per share of the acquiring company will increase.

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