Consider the following premerger information about Firm A and Firm B: Firm A Firm B Total earnings $2,200 $ 1.100 Shares outstanding 1,000 250 Price per share $ 37 $ 41 a. ces b. Assume that Firm A acquires Firm B via an exchange of stock at a price of $43 for each share of B's stock. Both Firm A and Firm B have no debt outstanding What will the earnings per share (EPS) of Firm A be after the merger? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g.. 32.16.) What will Firm A's price per share be after the merger if the market incorrectly analyzes this reported earnings growth (that is, the price-earnings ratio does not change)? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) What will the price-earnings ratio of the postmerger firm be if the market correctly analyzes the transaction? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 32.16.) d-1. If there are no synergy gains, what will the share price of Firm A be after the merger? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) d-2. What will the price earnings ratio be? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 32.16.) d-3. What does your answer for the share price tell you about the amount Firm A bid for Firm B? Was it too high? Too low? C. a. b. EPS Price per share PE ratio times Total earnings $2,200 $ 1.100 Shares outstanding 1,000 250 Price per share $ 37 $ 41 Assume that Firm A acquires Firm B via an exchange of stock at a price of $43 for each share of B's stock. Both Firm A and Firm B have no debt outstanding. a. What will the earnings per share (EPS) of Firm A be after the merger? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. What will Firm A's price per share be after the merger if the market incorrectly analyzes this reported earnings growth (that is, the price-earnings ratio does not change)? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) What will the price-earnings ratio of the postmerger firm be if the market correctly analyzes the transaction? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) d-1. If there are no synergy gains, what will the share price of Firm A be after the merger? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) d-2. What will the price-earnings ratio be? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) d-3. What does your answer for the share price tell you about the amount Firm A bid for Firm B? Was it too high? Too low? C. a. EPS b. Price per share c. PE ratio d-1. Price per share d-2 PE ratio d-3 times times
