River Cruises is all-equity-financed.   Current Data         Number of shares   100,000               Price per share $ 10               Market value of shares $ 1,000,000                 State of the Economy   Slump Normal Boom Profits before interest $ 73,750     122,500     184,000     Suppose it now issues $250,000 of debt at an interest rate of 10% and uses the proceeds to repurchase 25,000 shares. Assume that the firm pays no taxes and that debt finance has no impact on firm value. Refer to the above table to compute the missing data. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "Earnings per share" to 3 decimal places. Enter "Return on shares" as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)   Outcomes         Number of Shares ?         Price per share $10         market value of shares ?         market value of debt ?           State of the Economy           slump   Normal   Boom Profits before interest 73,750   122,500   184,000 Interest ?   ?   ? equity earnings ?   ?   ? Earnings per share ?   ?   ? return on shares ?   ?   ?   Expected Outcome

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River Cruises is all-equity-financed.

 

Current Data

       

Number of shares

 

100,000

             

Price per share

$

10

             

Market value of shares

$

1,000,000

             
 

State of the Economy

 

Slump

Normal

Boom

Profits before interest

$

73,750

   

122,500

   

184,000

 

 

Suppose it now issues $250,000 of debt at an interest rate of 10% and uses the proceeds to repurchase 25,000 shares. Assume that the firm pays no taxes and that debt finance has no impact on firm value. Refer to the above table to compute the missing data. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "Earnings per share" to 3 decimal places. Enter "Return on shares" as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

 

Outcomes

       

Number of Shares

?

       

Price per share

$10

       

market value of shares

?

       

market value of debt

?

       
 

State of the Economy

       
 

slump

 

Normal

 

Boom

Profits before interest

73,750

 

122,500

 

184,000

Interest

?

 

?

 

?

equity earnings

?

 

?

 

?

Earnings per share

?

 

?

 

?

return on shares

?

 

?

 

?

 

Expected Outcome

     



 

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