Exercise 16-16 (Part Level Submission)
On January 1, 2018, Sunland Corp. had 461,000 shares of common
stock outstanding. During 2018, it had the following transactions
that affected the Common Stock account.
February 1 |
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Issued 124,000 shares |
March 1 |
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Issued a 10% stock dividend |
May 1 |
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Acquired 104,000 shares of treasury stock |
June 1 |
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Issued a 3-for-1 stock split |
October 1 |
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Reissued 61,000 shares of treasury stock |
(A) Assume that Sunland Corp. earned net income of $3,325,000
during 2018. In addition, it had 102,000 shares of 10%, $100 par
nonconvertible, noncumulative preferred stock outstanding for the
entire year. Because of liquidity considerations, however, the
company did not declare and pay a preferred dividend in 2018.
Compute earnings per share for 2018, using the weighted-average
number of shares = 1,703,650
(B) Assume the same facts as in part (A), except that the
preferred stock was cumulative. Compute earnings per share for
2018.
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