$($Using EBIT$-$EPS break$-$even analysis$)$ Home Depot, Inc. $($HD$),$ had $1244$ million shares of common stock outstanding in $2016,$ whereas Lowes Companies, Inc. $($LOW$),$ had $929$ million shares outstanding. Assuming Home Depot's $2016$ interest expense is $$919$ million, Lowes' interest expense is $$552$ million, and a $38$ percent tax rate for both firms, what is their break$-$even level of operating income $($i$.$e$.,$ the level of EBIT where EPS is the same for both firms$)?$

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