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15 September, 23:58

You are doing some analysis on the has a market value that is equal to its book value. Currently, the firm has excess cash of $1,000 million and other assets of $9,000 million. Equity is worth $10,000 million. The firm has 700 million shares of stock outstanding and net income of $1,575 million. What will the new earnings per share be if the firm uses 25 percent of its excess cash to complete a stock repurchase?

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  1. 16 September, 00:07
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    the new earnings per share will be 231 cents

    Explanation:

    Earnings per share is Earnings attributable to each Common Share.

    Earnings Per Share = Earnings attributable to Holders of Common Stock / Weighted Average Number of Common Shares

    = $1,575 million / (700 million-250/10000*700 million)

    = $1,575 million / (700 million-17,2 million)

    = 231 cents
  2. 16 September, 00:16
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    Earnings per share is $2.31

    Explanation:

    value of one share=$10,000 million/700 million=$14.29

    25% of excess cash = 25%*$1000 million=$250 million

    Number of shares repurchased=$250 million/$14.29=17.5 million

    Outstanding shares after share repurchase=700 million-17.5 million

    =682.5 million

    Earnings per share = earnings attributable to common stock/number of common stock

    earnings stands at $1,575 million

    number of common stock 682.5 million

    Earnings per share=1,575 million/682.5 million

    Earnings per share=$2.31 or 231 cents

    The new earnings per share is $2.31 or 231 cents as shown in the step by step analysis above.
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