Wandel Inc. has $5,000,000 outstanding of 8 percent preferred stock; the company has a 40 percent tax rate. What is the after-tax cost of the preferred stock? and if Wandel Inc. has forecasted sales of $300,000. The firm's fixed operating costs total $75,000 and its variable operating costs are equal to 70% of this sales level. The company needs to pay $12,000 in interest each period. Its tax rate is 40% and it has 10,000 shares. a) Compute the earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for a sales level of $300,000 b) Compute Earnings after taxes and compute the EPS for that sales level.

Wandel Inc. has $5,000,000 outstanding of 8 percent preferred stock; the company has a 40 percent tax rate. What is the after-tax cost of the preferred stock? and if Wandel Inc. has forecasted sales of $300,000. The firm's fixed operating costs total $75,000 and its variable operating costs are equal to 70% of this sales level. The company needs to pay $12,000 in interest each period. Its tax rate is 40% and it has 10,000 shares. a) Compute the earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for a sales level of $300,000 b) Compute Earnings after taxes and compute the EPS for that sales level.

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