Sheehan Corp

question 62

Multiple Choice

Sheehan Corp.is forecasting an EPS of $3.00 for the coming year on its 500,000 outstanding shares of stock.Its capital budget is forecasted at $800,000,and it is committed to maintaining a $2.00 dividend per share.It finances with debt and common equity,but it wants to avoid issuing any new common stock during the coming year.Given these constraints,what percentage of the capital budget must be financed with debt?

• A)32.15%
• B)33.84%
• C)35.63%
• D)37.50%

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Definitions:

Depreciation

Allocating the price of a physical asset systematically over the duration of its effective life.

Plant Assets

Long-term tangible assets used in the operation of a business that are expected to provide benefits for more than one year, such as machinery and buildings.

Computing Depreciation

The process of systematically allocating the cost of a tangible asset over its useful life, representing how much of the asset's value has been used up.

Units-of-production

A depreciation method that allocates an asset's cost based on its usage, output, or units produced, rather than the passage of time.