Lassiter Bakery currently has 3 million shares of common stock outstanding that sell at a price of
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Plan 1: Common equity financing. Sell new stock at a net proceeds price to Lassiter of $20 per share.
Plan 2: Debt-equity financing. Sell a combination of stock at a net proceeds price to Lassiter of $20 per share and $10 million of long-term debt at a pretax interest rate of 15 percent.
a. Compute the indifference level of EBIT between these two alternatives.
b. If Lassiter’s EBIT next year is approximately normally distributed with an expected value of $20 million and a standard deviation of $5 million, what is the probability that Plan 2 will result in higher earnings per share than Plan 1?
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Common stock is an equity component that represents the worth of stock owned by the shareholders of the company. The common stock represents the par value of the shares outstanding at a balance sheet date. Public companies can trade their stocks on...
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Contemporary Financial Management
ISBN: 9780324289114
10th Edition
Authors: James R Mcguigan, R Charles Moyer, William J Kretlow
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