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16 May, 19:52

Walker Machine Tools has 6.5 million shares of common stock outstanding. The current market price of Walker common stock is $72 per share rights-on. The company's net income this year is $22.50 million. A rights offering has been announced in which 650,000 new shares will be sold at $66.50 per share. The subscription price plus seven rights is needed to buy one of the new shares. a. What are the earnings per share and price-earnings ratio before the new shares are sold via the rights offering? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places.) b. What would the earnings per share be immediately after the rights offering? What would the price-earnings ratio be immediately after the rights offering? (Assume there is no change in the market value of the stock, except for the change when the stock begins trading ex-rights.) (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

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  1. 16 May, 20:18
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    (a) Earnings per share = Net income : Number of shares

    = $22,500,000 : 6,500,000

    = $3.46

    Price-earnings ratio = Stock price : Earnings per share

    = $72 : $3.46

    = 20.81

    (b) Earnings per share = Net income : Number of shares

    = $22,500,000 : (6,500,000 + 650,000)

    = $3.15

    R = (M0 - S) : (N + 1)

    = ($72 - $66.50) : (7 + 1)

    = $0.69

    where,

    M0 = current market price of Walker common stock

    S = selling price per share

    N = seven rights is needed to buy one of the new shares

    Ex-rights price = Rights-on price - Rights value

    = $72 - $0.69

    = $71.31

    Price-earnings ratio = Stock price : Earnings per share

    = $71.31 : $3.15

    = 22.64
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