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You Plan to Invest in One of Two Home Delivery

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You plan to invest in one of two home delivery pizza companies, High and Low, that were recently founded and are about to commence operations. They are identical except for their use of debt (wd) and the interest rates on their debt-High uses more debt and thus must pay a higher interest rate. Based on the data given below, how much higher or lower will High's expected EPS be versus that of Low, i.e., what is EPSHigh ? EPSLow?  Applicable to Both Firms Capital $3,000,000 EBIT $500,000 Tax rate 35% Firm High’s Data wd70% Shares 90,000 Int. rate 12% Firm Low’s Datawd20% Shares 240,000 Int. rate 10%\begin{array}{c}\begin{array}{cc}\underline{\text { Applicable to Both Firms} } \\\text { Capital } \quad \$ 3,000,000 \\\text { EBIT } \quad \$ 500,000 \\\text { Tax rate } \quad 35 \%\end{array}\begin{array}{cc}\underline{\text { Firm High's Data }} \\\mathrm{w}_{\mathrm{d}} \quad 70 \% \\\text { Shares } \quad 90,000 \\\text { Int. rate } \quad 12 \% \end{array}\begin{array}{cc}\underline{\text { Firm Low's Data} }\\\mathrm{w}_{\mathrm{d}} \quad 20 \% \\\text { Shares } \quad 240,000 \\\text { Int. rate } \quad 10 \% \end{array}\end{array}


A) $0.49
B) $0.54
C) $0.60
D) $0.66
E) $0.73

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