A company is comparing the following two different capital structures:
Plan 1 -All equity; and Plan 2 -a levered plan.
Under plan 1 the firm would have 200,000 shares of stock outstanding.
Under plan 2, there would be 100,000 shares of stock outstanding plus $4 million in debt. The interest rate on the debt is 10 percent. Tax rate is 40%.
b. If the expected EBIT is $3.5 million, which plan will result in higher EPS?
c. What is the indifference point? ($800,000); what is its implication?
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