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Southern Wind is an all-equity firm with 26,500 shares of stock outstanding and a total market value of $376,000. Based on its current capital structure, the firm is expected to have earnings before interest and taxes of $38,000 if the economy is normal, $23,600 if the economy is in a recession, and $52,400 is the economy booms. Ignore taxes. Management is considering issuing $95,200 of debt with an interest rate of 6 percent, if the firm issues the debt, the proceeds will be used to repurchase stock. What will the earnings per share be if the debt is issued and the economy booms?
Answers: $2.56, $2.07, $2.73, $1.63, $3.36
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