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How can a corporation adjust their capital structure to improve their EPS (Earnings per share)? Find an example of a corporation that recently reproted their EPS. Any indication that their corporate structure affected the reported EPS?

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This problem explains the relationship of capital structure and EPS and the effects of shifts in capital structure.

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Just today Fidelity National announced plans to sell bonds (debt) to raise capital to repurchase their own stock. Notice the capital structure shifts as the debt ...

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