Ornaments, Inc., is an all-equity firm with a total market value of $608,000 and 26,200 shares of stock outstanding. Management believes the earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) will be $88,850 if the economy is normal. If there is a recession, EBIT will be 24 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?   Round to two places past the decimal point and format as "X.XX"

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Ornaments, Inc., is an all-equity firm with a total market value of $608,000 and 26,200 shares of stock outstanding. Management believes the earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) will be $88,850 if the economy is normal. If there is a recession, EBIT will be 24 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?

 

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