Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making, 8th Edition
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ISBN: 9781118953808
Author: Paul D. Kimmel, Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 2, Problem 2.7E
(a)
To determine
Earnings per share (EPS): The amount of net income available to each shareholder per common share outstanding is referred to as earnings per share (EPS).
Use the following formula to compute EPS:
To compute: (a) EPS of Company CG for 2016 and 2017.
(b)
To determine
To compute: (b) comment on the changes.
(c)
To determine
To compute: (c) finds how the answer computed in part (a) changes if dividends were paid.
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