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Kyle Corporation is comparing two different capital structures, an all-equity pl

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Kyle Corporation is comparing two different capital structures, an all-equity plan (Plan I) and a levered plan (Plan II). Under Plan I, Kyle would have 745,000 shares of stock outstanding. Under Plan II, there would be 495,000 shares of stock outstanding and $8.25 million in debt outstanding. The interest rate on the debt is 11 percent, and there are no taxes.

What is the break-even EBIT?

Kyle Corporation is comparing two different capital structures, an all-equity plan (Plan I) and a levered plan (Plan II). Under Plan I, Kyle would have 745,000 shares of stock outstanding. Under Plan II, there would be 495,000 shares of stock outstanding and $8.25 million in debt outstanding. The interest rate on the debt is 11 percent, and there are no taxes.

    Requirement 1: (a) Assume that EBIT is $2.2 million, compute the EPS for Plan I.    $5.64 $4.97 $5.56 $2.61 $2.95     (b) Assume that EBIT is $2.2 million, compute the EPS for Plan II.    $2.95 $5.64 $4.97 $2.61 $5.56      Requirement 2: (a) Assume that EBIT is $3.7 million, compute the EPS for Plan I.    $5.64 $2.61 $3.29 $2.95 $4.97    (b) Assume that EBIT is $3.7 million, compute the EPS for Plan II.    $3.29 $2.95 $2.61 $5.64 $4.97    Requirement 3:

What is the break-even EBIT?

   $2,269,210 $2,200,000 $385,092 $2,704,350 $2,792,500

Explanation / Answer

Requirement 1 :

Requirement 2:

Requirement 3:

Calculation of break-even EBIT:

Let Break-even EBIT be X.

X-Interest/ 745,000 =X-Interest / 495,000

Then X / 745,000 =( X - 0.9075) / 495,000

or X is $ 2,704,350

Plan I Plan II EBIT $ 2.2 million $ 2.2 million Interest - 0.9075 million EBT $ 2.2 million $ 1.2925 million No. of shares 745,000 495,000 EPS 2.95 2.61