Accounting
Accounting
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ISBN: 9781337272094
Author: WARREN, Carl S., Reeve, James M., Duchac, Jonathan E.
Publisher: Cengage Learning,
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Chapter 13, Problem 13.24EX

(a)

To determine

Earnings per share:

Earnings per share represent the amount of income earned per share of outstanding common stock in a period. This ratio is used for analyzing the profitability of company’s stockholders’.

The following formula can be used to calculate earnings per share:

Earnings per shareNet income(loss) – Preferred dividendsAverage number of common shares outstanding

To determine: The earnings per share of Company P for Year 3, Year 2, and Year 1.

(b)

To determine

To evaluate: The growth in earnings per share for 3 years in comparison to the growth in net income for the 3 years.

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