Which of the following statements is most correct? a. If a firms expected basic earning power (BEP)

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Which of the following statements is most correct?

a. If a firm’s expected basic earning power (BEP) is constant for all of its assets and exceeds the interest rate on its debt, adding assets and financing them with debt will raise the firm’s expected return on common equity (ROE).

b. The higher a firm’s tax rate, the lower its BEP ratio, other things held constant.

c. The higher the interest rate on a firm’s debt, the lower its BEP ratio, other things held constant.

d. The higher a firm’s debt ratio, the lower its BEP ratio, other things held constant.

e. Statement a is false; but statements b, c, and d are true.


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The expected return is the profit or loss an investor anticipates on an investment that has known or anticipated rates of return (RoR). It is calculated by multiplying potential outcomes by the chances of them occurring and then totaling these...
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Fundamentals of Financial Management

ISBN: 978-0324664553

Concise 6th Edition

Authors: Eugene F. Brigham, Joel F. Houston

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