Ornaments, Inc., is an all-equity firm with a total market value of $608,000 and 27,300 shares of stock outstanding. Management believes the earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) will be $86,600 if the economy is normal. If there is a recession, EBIT will be 25 percent lower, and if there is a boom, EBIT will be 35 percent higher. The tax rate is 35 percent. What is the EPS in a recession

The EPS in recession is $1.546 per share.

Explanation:

The earnings per share or EPS is a function of net income divided by the number of shares outstanding. The earnings per share calculates the dollar return per share that is earned in a year.

Earnings per share = Net Income / No of common shares outstanding

Where, Net Income = EBIT - Interest - Tax

The EBIT in recession will be = 86600 * (1-0.25) = $64950

The company is all equity financed so there is no interest cost.

Net Income in recession will be = 64950 - (64950 * 35%)  =  $42217.5

Thus, EPS in recession = 42217.5 / 27300  =  $1.546 per share

answer: 11/12

step-by-step explanation: 4 1/4 and 3 1/3 is equivalent to 4 3/12 and 3 4/12. 4 3/12 - 3 4/12 =11/12

the investment was $14,174.196

explanation:

a lump sum means that the father of the example made one deposit and leave it be.

we need to know the value of a capital that generated at 4.05% per year during 28 years the sum of $48,613.24

now clearing the formula to solve for capital we got:

and we reach the answer investment = $14,174.20