Delsing Canning Company is considering an expansion of its facilities. Its current income statement is as follows:
Sales $ 6,200,000
Variable costs (50% of sales) 3,100,000
Fixed costs 1,920,000
Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) $ 1,180,000
Interest (10% cost) 440,000
Earnings before taxes (EBT) $ 740,000
Tax (30%) 222,000
Earnings after taxes (EAT) $ 518,000
Shares of common stock 320,000
Earnings per share $ 1.62
The company is currently financed with 50 percent debt and 50 percent equity (common stock, par value of $10). In order to expand the facilities, Mr. Delsing estimates a need for $3.2 million in additional financing. His investment banker has laid out three plans for him to consider:
Sell $3.2 million of debt at 14 percent.
Sell $3.2 million of common stock at $20 per share.
Sell $1.60 million of debt at 13 percent and $1.60 million of common stock at $25 per share.
Variable costs are expected to stay at 50 percent of sales, while fixed expenses will increase to $2,420,000 per year. Delsing is not sure how much this expansion will add to sales, but he estimates that sales will rise by $1.60 million per year for the next five years.
Delsing is interested in a thorough analysis of his expansion plans and methods of financing. He would like you to analyze the following:
Required:
a. The break-even point for operating expenses before and after expansion (in sales dollars). (Enter your answers in dollars not in millions, i. e, $1,234,567.)
b. The degree of operating leverage before and after expansion. Assume sales of $6.2 million before expansion and $7.2 million after expansion. Use the formula: DOL = (S − TVC) / (S − TVC − FC). (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
c-1. The degree of financial leverage before expansion. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
c-2. The degree of financial leverage for all three methods after expansion. Assume sales of $7.2 million for this question. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
d. Compute EPS under all three methods of financing the expansion at $7.2 million in sales (first year) and $10.1 million in sales (last year). (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)