Problem $19-13$ Stock Repurchase

Erna Corporation is evaluating an extra dividend versus a share repurchase. In either case, $$17,000$ would be spent. Current earnings are $$1\mathrm{.}60$ per share and the stock currently sells for $$40$ per share. There are $2,500$ shares outstanding. Ignore taxes and other imperfections.

a$.$ Evaluate the two alternatives in terms of the effect on the price per share of the stock and shareholder wealth per share. $($Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to $2$ decimal places, e$.$g$.,32\mathrm{.}16.)$

b$.$ What will be the effect on the company's EPS and PE ratio under the two different scenarios? $($Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to $2$ decimal places, e$.$g$.,32\mathrm{.}16.)$

$\backslash$table$[[$a$.$ Price per share with dividend$],[$a$.$ Shareholder wealth with dividend$],[$a$.$ Price per share with repurchase$],[$a$.$ Shareholder wealth with repurchase$],[$b$.$ EPS with dividend$],[$b$.$ PE with dividend$],[$b$.$ EPS with repurchase$],[$b$.$ PE with repurchase$]]$