Nighthawk Steel, a manufacturer of specialized tools, has $5,450,000 in assets.

Temporary current assets	$2,900,000
Permanent current assets	1,595,000
Capital assets	955,000
Total assets	$5,450,000

Short-term rates are 7 percent. Long-term rates are 12 percent. (Note that longterm rates imply a return to any equity). Earnings before interest and taxes are $1,150,000. The tax rate is 20 percent. If long-term financing is perfectly matched (hedged) with long-term asset needs, and the same is true of short-term financing, what will earnings after taxes be? For an example of perfectly hedged plans, see Figure 6-8.

Earnings after taxes $