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Asked Nov 1, 2008, 06:59 PM — 2 Answers
Income Statement
June 30
Sales............................................. ........ $2,100,000
Costs of goods sold................................. 1,260,000
Gross margin.......................................... 840,000
Selling and administrative expenses......... 660,000
Net operating income.............................. 180,000
Interest expense.................................... 30,000
Net income before taxes.......................... 150,000
Income taxes(30%)................................ 45,000
Net income............................................ . $ 105,000

Balance Sheet June 30
Assets
Current assets:
Cash.............................................. ...... $ 21,000
Accounts receivable, net.......................... 160,000
Merchandise inventory............................ 300,000
Prepaid expenses................................... 9,000
Total assets........................................... 490,000
Property and equipment, net................... 810,000
Total assets.......................................... 1,300,000

Liabilities and stockholder's Equity
Liabilities:
Current liabilities..................................$ 200,000
Bonds payable, 10%............................. 300,00
Total liabilities......................................
Stockholders' equity:...........................
Common stock, $5 per value................... $100,000
Retained earnings.................................. 700,000
Total stockholders' equity........................ 800,000
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity.... 1,300,000

Additional information, corporation pid dividends of $3.15 per share during the year. Company's common stock had a market price of $63 per share on June 30, and there was no change in the number of outstanding shares of common stock during the fiscal year.

My answer is:

I used the formula:
Net income - preferred dividends/average number of common shares outstanding
Net income (105,000), since there was no preferred shares, no deductions from the net income. The next step was to divide by average # common shares outstanding(100,000), and I came up with $1.05

$105,000/$100,000=$1.05 (earnings per share)

Did I calculate this correctly?

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hamzashakaa Posts: 161, Reputation: 47
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Nov 2, 2008, 01:21 AM
Actually you should divide the net income by 20,000 outstanding shares($100,000/$5 PAR VALUE) but instead you divided the net income by the amount of outstanding stocks.
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Nov 2, 2008, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by hamzashakaa View Post
Actually you should divide the net income by 20,000 outstanding shares($100,000/$5 PAR VALUE) but instead you divided the net income by the amount of outstanding stocks.
Hamzashakaa,

Thank you.
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