River Cruises is all-equity-financed. Current Data Number of shares 100,000 Price per share $ 10 Market value of shares $ 1,000,000 State of the Economy Slump Normal Boom Profits before interest $ 74,500 124,000 185,500 Suppose it now issues $250,000 of debt at an interest rate of 10% and uses the proceeds to repurchase 25,000 shares. Assume that the firm pays no taxes and that debt finance has no impact on firm value. Refer to the above table to compute the missing data. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "Earnings per share" to 3 decimal places. Enter "Return on shares" as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) Reference links 16.1 How Borrowing Affects Value in a Tax-Free Economy opens in a new window