Sterling Optical and Royal Optical both make glass frames and
each is able to generate earnings before interest and taxes of
$151,800. The separate capital structures for Sterling and Royal
are shown here:
Sterling | Royal | |||||
Debt @ 11% | $ | 828,000 | Debt @ 11% | $ | 276,000 | |
Common stock, $5 par | 552,000 | Common stock, $5 par | 1,104,000 | |||
Total | $ | 1,380,000 | Total | $ | 1,380,000 | |
Common shares | 110,400 | Common shares | 220,800 | |||
a. Compute earnings per share for both firms.
Assume a 20 percent tax rate. (Round your answers to 2
decimal places.)
b. In part a, you should have gotten the
same answer for both companies’ earnings per share. Assuming a P/E
ratio of 22 for each company, what would its stock price be?
(Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer
to 2 decimal places.)
c. Now as part of your analysis, assume the P/E
ratio would be 16 for the riskier company in terms of heavy debt
utilization in the capital structure and 20 for the less risky
company. What would the stock prices for the two firms be under
these assumptions? (Note: Although interest rates also would likely
be different based on risk, we will hold them constant for ease of
analysis.) (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round
your answers to 2 decimal places.)
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