On December 31, 2017, Dow Steel Corporation had 720,000 shares
of common stock and 42,000 shares of 8%, noncumulative,
nonconvertible preferred stock issued and outstanding. Dow issued a
4% common stock dividend on May 15 and paid cash dividends of
$520,000 and $81,000 to common and preferred shareholders,
respectively, on December 15, 2018.
On February 28, 2018, Dow sold 66,000 common shares. In keeping
with its long-term share repurchase plan, 8,000 shares were retired
on July 1. Dow's net income for the year ended December 31, 2018,
was $2,700,000. The income tax rate is 40%.
Required:
Compute Dow's earnings per share for the year ended December 31,
2018.
Calculation of Earnings available for common stock holders for the purpose of EPS: | ||||||
Net Income | 2700000 | |||||
Less:Tax@40% | -1080000 | |||||
Net Income after Tax | 1620000 | |||||
Less:Pref. Dividends | -81000 | |||||
Earnings for common stock holders | 1539000 | |||||
Earnings per share: | ||||||
Weighted average number of shareholders | ||||||
Outstanding(720000*4.5/12) | 270000 | |||||
Sold on feb 28(66000*2/12) | 11000 | |||||
Common stock dividend on may 15(709000+4%)*1.5/12 | 92170 | |||||
Repurchase plan(737360-8000)*6/12 | 368680 | |||||
741850 | ||||||
Earnings per share = (Earnings for common stock holders/Weighted average number of shareholders) | ||||||
1539000/741850 | ||||||
2.074543371 |
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