Problem 2-6 Income Statement (LG2-1) EBIT of $563,000. The firm finances its assets with $1,130,000 debt (costing 5.7 percent) and 213,000 shares of Consider a firm with an stock selling at $12.00 per share. The firm is considering increasing its debt by $900,000, using the proceeds to buy back 88,000 shares of stock. The firm is in the 30 percent tax bracket. The change in capital structure will have no effect on the operations of the firm. Thus, EBIT will remain at $563,000. Calculate the change in the firm's EPS from this change in capital structure. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) EPS before $ 1.64 EPS after Difference