Jimmy Shoes Inc. has 10,000 shares outstanding with a stock price of $40 per share. The current weighted average cost of capital is 7%. It also carries long-term debt of $200,000 at an interest rate of 7% p.a. One of the agenda items in its AGM is to switch to a D/E of 1. Based on this information, answer the following question: What is the level of EBIT at which shareholders will be indifferent between the two capital structures, the one with a D/E = 0.5/1 and the other with a D/E of 1?

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Jimmy Shoes Inc. has 10,000 shares outstanding with a stock price of $40 per share. The current weighted average cost of capital is 7%. It also carries long-term debt of $200,000 at an interest rate of 7% p.a. One of the agenda items in its AGM is to switch to a D/E of 1. Based on this information, answer the following question:

What is the level of EBIT at which shareholders will be indifferent between the two capital structures, the one with a D/E = 0.5/1 and the other with a D/E of 1? 

 

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