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Financial Learning Systems has 1.9 million shares of common stock outstanding and 84 comma 649 shares of preferred stock. (The preferred pays annual cash dividends of $4.67 a share, and the common pays annual cash dividends of 28 cents a share.) Last year, the company generated net profit (after taxes) of $ 6 comma 483 comma 362. The company's balance sheet shows total assets of $70 million, total liabilities of $ 30 million, and $ 5 million in preferred stock. The firm's common stock is currently trading in the market at $38.92 a share.
a. Given the preceding information, find the EPS, P/E ratio, and book value per share.
b. What will happen to the price of the stock if EPS rises to $4.67 and the P/E ratio stays where it is? What will happen if EPS drops to $1.81 and the P/E doesn't change?
c. What will happen to the price of the stock if EPS rises to $4.67 and the P/E jumps to 16.9 times earnings?
d. What will happen if both EPS and the P/E ratio drop-to $1.81 and 7.3 times earnings, respectively?
e. Comment on the effect that EPS and the P/E ratio have on the market price of the stock.