Renegade Clothing is struggling to meet analysts' forecasts. It's early December 2024, and the year-end projections are in. Listed below are the projections for the year ended 2024 and the comparable actual amounts for 2023. SEE ATTACHED Analysts forecast earnings per share for 2024 to be $0.93 per share. It looks like earnings per share will fall short of expectations in 2024. Ronald Outlaw, the director of marketing, has a creative idea to improve earnings per share and the return on equity. He proposes the company borrow additional funds and use the proceeds to purchase some of its own stock—treasury shares. Is this a good idea? Required: 1. Calculate the projected earnings per share and return on equity for 2024 before any purchase of stock. Now assume Renegade Clothing borrows $1.19 million and uses the money to purchase 119,000 shares of its own stock at $10 per share. The projections for 2024 will change as follows: SEE IMAGE ATTACHED 2. Calculate the new projected earnings per share and return on equity for 2024, assuming the company goes through with the treasury stock purchase. (Hint: In computing earnings per share, average shares outstanding is now 894,500 = (835,000 + 954,000) / 2.) 3. Does the purchase of treasury stock near year-end improve earnings per share and the return on equity ratio?
Renegade Clothing is struggling to meet analysts' forecasts. It's early December 2024, and the year-end projections are in. Listed below are the projections for the year ended 2024 and the comparable actual amounts for 2023.
SEE ATTACHED
Analysts
Ronald Outlaw, the director of marketing, has a creative idea to improve earnings per share and the
Required:
1. Calculate the projected earnings per share and return on equity for 2024 before any purchase of stock.
Now assume Renegade Clothing borrows $1.19 million and uses the money to purchase 119,000 shares of its own stock at $10 per share. The projections for 2024 will change as follows: SEE IMAGE ATTACHED
2. Calculate the new projected earnings per share and return on equity for 2024, assuming the company goes through with the
3. Does the purchase of treasury stock near year-end improve earnings per share and the return on equity ratio?
![Renegade Clothing is struggling to meet analysts' forecasts. It's early December 2024, and the year-end projections are in. Listed
below are the projections for the year ended 2024 and the comparable actual amounts for 2023.
Sales
Net income
Total assets
Total liabilities
Stockholders' equity
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
Shares outstanding at year-end
Analysts forecast earnings per share for 2024 to be $0.93 per share. It looks like earnings per share will fall short of expectations
in 2024.
Projected
2024
$ 14,970,000
854,000
$ 7,260,000
$ 2,770,000
4,490,000
$ 7,260,000
954,000
Ronald Outlaw, the director of marketing, has a creative idea to improve earnings per share and the return on equity. He proposes
the company borrow additional funds and use the proceeds to purchase some of its own stock-treasury shares. Is this a good
idea?
Sales
Net income
Required:
1. Calculate the projected earnings per share and return on equity for 2024 before any purchase of stock.
Now assume Renegade Clothing borrows $1.19 million and uses the money to purchase 119,000 shares of its own stock at $10 per
share. The projections for 2024 will change as follows:
Total assets
Total liabilities
Actual
2023
$ 16,170,000
1,136,000
$ 7,130,000
$ 2,720,000
4,410,000
$ 7,130,000
954,000
Stockholders' equity
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
Shares outstanding at year-end
2024
$ 14,970,000
854,000
$ 7,260,000
$ 3,960,000
3,300,000
$ 7,260,000
835,000
2023
$ 16,170,000
1,136,000
$ 7,130,000
$ 2,720,000
4,410,000
$ 7,130,000
954,000
2. Calculate the new projected earnings per share and return on equity for 2024, assuming the company goes through with the
treasury stock purchase. (Hint: In computing earnings per share, average shares outstanding is now 894,500 = (835,000 +](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F2446d970-7eef-49bf-922a-9fcbe13cfbab%2F91d647d7-63e6-41a2-9816-0c2f6107b1e1%2F33fnx0c_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
![2. Calculate the new projected earnings per share and return on equity for 2024, assuming the company goes through with the
treasury stock purchase. (Hint: In computing earnings per share, average shares outstanding is now 894,500 = (835,000 +
954,000) / 2.)
3. Does the purchase of treasury stock near year-end improve earnings per share and the return on equity ratio?
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