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| Sinclair Construction Company’s Board of Directors is considering repurchasing $30,000,000 worth of common stock. Sinclair assumes that the stock can be repurchased at the market price of $50 per share. After much discussion Sinclair decides to borrow $30 million that it will use to repurchase shares. Sinclair’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has compiled the following information regarding the repurchase of the firm’s common stock:Share price at the time of buyback = $50 Shares outstanding before buyback = 30,600,000 EPS before buyback = $3.33 Earnings yield = $3.33 / $50 = 6.7% After-tax cost of borrowing = 8.0% Planned buyback = 600,000 shares Based on the information above, Sinclair’s earnings per share (EPS) after the repurchase of its common stock will be closest to: A)$3.18. B)$3.32. C)$3.23. |