The CFO of Ink Imagination (II) wants to calculate next year's EPS using different leverage ratios. II's total assets are $5 million, and its marginal tax rate is 40 percent. The company has estimated next year's EBIT for three possible economic states: $1.2 million with a 0.2 probability, $800,000 with a 0.5 probability, and $500,000 with a 0.3 probability. Calculate II's expected EPS, standard deviation, and coefficient of variation for each of the following capital structures. Which capital structure do you recommend?

leverage interest rate Shares of stock

(debt/assets) Outstanding

20% 6% 300,000

50 10 200,000