Destin Corp. is comparing two different capital structures. Plan I would result in 10,000 shares of stock
Question:
Destin Corp. is comparing two different capital structures. Plan I would result in 10,000 shares of stock and $90,000 in debt. Plan II would result in 7,600 shares of stock and $198,000 in debt. The interest rate on the debt is 10 percent.
a. Ignoring taxes, compare both of these plans to an all-equity plan assuming that
EBIT will be $48,000. The all-equity plan would result in 12,000 shares of stock outstanding. Which of the three plans has the highest EPS? The lowest?
b. In part (a), what are the break-even levels of EBIT for each plan as compared to that for an all-equity plan? Is one higher than the other? Why?
c. Ignoring taxes, when will EPS be identical for Plans I and II?
d. Repeat parts (a), (b), and (c) assuming that the corporate tax rate is 40 percent.
Are the break-even levels of EBIT different from before? Why or why not?
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Fundamentals of corporate finance
ISBN: 978-0078034633
10th edition
Authors: Stephen Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Bradford Jordan