1.The Price / Book ratio for Company A at the beginning of the year was 3.25x. At the end of the year, the Price / Book ratio was 2.8x and the share price had increased by 25% between the years the share price at the end of the year was INR 125. Assuming that the P/E ratio at the beginning of the year was 10x and it had decreased to 8x at the end of the year, please calculate the Return on Equity for the year

2. A company has 10,000 equity shares outstanding throughout the year (there have been no share issuances during the year). During the year, the Company clocked sales of INR 150 Cr and had an EBITDA margin of 20%. D&A as a % of Capex was 5% and Capex for the year was INR 20 Cr. The company also had debt in its balance sheet to the tune of INR 50 Cr this was issued at an interest rate of 13%. The debt is convertible into equity with a ratio of 1 equity share for every Rs. 50,000 of debt. The effective tax rate for the Company is 30%. Calculate the Basic and Diluted Earnings per share. [Hint: Factor interest cost in your calculations of diluted EPS]

3. In question 2, assume that all information stays the same. However, instead of debt of INR 50 Cr, the Company has issued convertible preference shares of INR 50 Cr and the dividend on these shares is 8%. Calculate the Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share

4. Compare the Basic and Diluted EPS arrived at in questions 2 and 3. Explain with reasons as to why one of the diluted EPS (either diluted EPS arrived at in question 2 or diluted EPS arrived at in question 3) should be higher or lower than the other