You plan to invest in one of two home delivery pizza companies, High and Low, that were recently founded and are about to commence operations.  They are identical except for their use of debt (wd) and the interest rates on their debt--High uses more debt and thus must pay a higher interest rate.  Based on the data given below, how much higher or lower will High's expected EPS be versus that of Low, i.e., what is EPSHigh - EPSLow? Don’t round off in your solutions. Applicable to Both Firms      Firm High's Data      Firm Low's Data      Capital      P3,000,000            wd          70%            wd          20% EBIT       P500,000            Shares    450,000      Shares    1,200,000 Tax rate      35%            Int. rate      12%            Int. rate      10% Group of answer choices P0.11 P0.10 P0.54 P0.12 P0.73 P0.49 P0.60 P0.66

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You plan to invest in one of two home delivery pizza companies, High and Low, that were recently founded and are about to commence operations.  They are identical except for their use of debt (wd) and the interest rates on their debt--High uses more debt and thus must pay a higher interest rate.  Based on the data given below, how much higher or lower will High's expected EPS be versus that of Low, i.e., what is EPSHigh - EPSLow? Don’t round off in your solutions.

Applicable to Both Firms      Firm High's Data      Firm Low's Data     
Capital      P3,000,000            wd          70%            wd          20%
EBIT       P500,000            Shares    450,000      Shares    1,200,000
Tax rate      35%            Int. rate      12%            Int. rate      10%
Group of answer choices
P0.11
P0.10
P0.54
P0.12
P0.73
P0.49
P0.60
P0.66
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