Walker Machine Tools has 5.2 million shares of common stock
outstanding. The current market price of Walker common stock is $46
per share rights-on. The company’s net income this year is $16.00
million. A rights offering has been announced in which 520,000 new
shares will be sold at $40.50 per share. The subscription price
plus eight rights is needed to buy one of the new shares.
a. What are the earnings per share and
price-earnings ratio before the new shares are sold via the rights
offering? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round
your answers to 2 decimal places.)
earnings per share | ? |
price-earnings ratio |
? |
b. What would the earnings per share be immediately after the rights offering? What would the price-earnings ratio be immediately after the rights offering? (Assume there is no change in the market value of the stock, except for the change when the stock begins trading ex-rights.) (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
earnings per share | ? |
price-earnings ratio | ? |
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