Assume that Atlas Sporting Goods Inc. has $1,020,000 in assets.
If it goes with a low-liquidity plan for the assets, it can earn a
return of 12 percent, but with a high-liquidity plan the return
will be 9 percent. If the firm goes with a short-term financing
plan, the financing costs on the $1,020,000 will be 6 percent, and
with a long-term financing plan the financing costs on the
$1,020,000 will be 7 percent.
a. Compute the anticipated return after
financing costs with the most aggressive asset-financing
mix.
b. Compute the anticipated return after financing
costs with the most conservative asset-financing mix.
c. Compute the anticipated return after financing
costs with the two moderate approaches to the asset-financing
mix.
d. If the firm used the most aggressive
asset-financing mix described in part
a and had the
anticipated return you computed for part
a, what would
earnings per share be if the tax rate on the anticipated return was
30 percent and there were 20,000 shares outstanding?
(Round your answer to 2 decimal
places.)
e-1. Now assume the most conservative
asset-financing mix described in part
b will be utilized.
The tax rate will be 30 percent. Also assume there will only be
5,000 shares outstanding. What will earnings per share be?
(Round your answer to 2
decimal places.)
e-2. Would the conservative mix have higher or
lower earnings per share than the aggressive mix?