Question

. Underwater Experimental is considering a project which requires the purchase of $498,000 of fixed assets. The net present value of the project is $22,500. Equity shares will be issued as the sole means of financing the project. What will the new book value per share be after the project is implemented given the following current information on the firm

Answer 1

$13.25

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the new book value per share is as follows

current market price per share is

= market value ÷ number of shares outstanding

= $936,000 ÷ 60,000

= 15.6

Now

number of shares to be issued is

= cost of the machine ÷current market price per share

= $498,000 ÷ $15.60

= 31923.07692

Now

The new book value per share is

= (current book value + amount raised from the issuance of shares ) ÷ ( current number of shares + number of shares issued for machinery purchase

= ($720,000 + $498,000 ) ÷ ( 60,000 + 31923.08 )

= $13.25