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The Severn Company plans to raise a net amount of
$270 million to finance new equipment in early 2019. Two alternatives are being considered:
Common stock may be sold to net $60 per share, or bonds yielding 12% may be issued.
The
follows:
Assuming that EBIT equals 10% of sales, calculate earnings per share (EPS) under the debt
financing and the stock financing alternatives at each possible sales level. Then calculate
expected EPS and σEPS under both debt and stock financing alternatives. Also calculate the
debt-to-capital ratio and the times-interest-earned (TIE) ratio at the expected sales level
under each alternative. The old debt will remain outstanding. Which financing method do
you recommend? (Hint: Notes payable should be included in both the numerator and the
denominator of the debt-to-capital ratio.)
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