Flemington Farms is evaluating an extra dividend versus a share repurchase. In either case, $10,000 would be spent. Current earnings are $2.10 per share, and the stock currently sells for $52 per share. There are 2,000 shares outstanding. Ignore taxes and other imperfections. The PE ratio will be if the firm issues the dividend as compared to if the firm does the share repurchase.

Mr. beautiful, an organization that sells weight training sets, has an ordering cost of $40 for the bb-1 set. (bb-1 stands for body beautiful number 1.) the carrying cost for bb-1 is $5 per set per year. to meet demand, mr. beautiful orders large quantities of bb-1 seven times a year. the stockout cost for bb-1 is estimated to be $50 per set. over the past several years, mr. beautiful has observed the following demand during the lead time for bb-1: demand during lead time probability40 0.150 0.260 0.270 0.280 0.290 0.1total 1.0the reorder point for bb-1 is 60 sets. what level of safety stock should be maintained for bb-1?