Giant corp is a small looking looking at two possibe captial structures. Currently the firm is an all
equity firm with 900000 in assets and 10000 shares outstanding. The market value of each share
is $9. the CEO of Giant is thinking of leveraging the firm by selling $270000 of the debt financing and
retiring 30000 shares leaving 70000 shares outstanding. The cost of the debt is 6% annually and
the current corporate tax rate for Donat is 30%. The CEO believes that Donat will earn $100000 per year
before interest and taxes. Which of the statement below is true?
A. 50/50 debt to equity EPS is $0.838
B. All equity EPS is $.70
C. Shareholder will be better off by almost $.14 per share under a firm with $270000 in debt financing
versus a firm that is all equity
D. Statments A through C are all true