A firm has 6,680 common shares outstanding with a total market value of $315,070. Currently, the firm has excess cash of $14,365 and net income of $26,025. If the firm uses all of its excess cash to repurchase the common shares, what will be the revised EPS after the stock repurchase is complete?
Current Market price per share = $315070/6680 | ||||
= $47.17 per share. | ||||
Number of shares that can be repurchased = $14365/$47.17 | ||||
= 304 shares | ||||
Remaining shares after repurchase = 6680- 304 = 6376 | ||||
EPS after repurchase is complete = $26025/6376 shares | ||||
= $4.08 per share |
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