Question

The following information is available for Barone Corporation: January 1, 2019 Shares outstanding 4,000,000 April 1. 2019 Shares issued 640,000 July 1, 2019 Treasury shares purchased 240,000 October 1, 2019 Shares issued in a 2-for-1 stock split 4,400,000
a. Compute the weighted average number of shares to be used in computing earnings per share for 2019.
b. Assuming Barone Corporation had a net income of $9.850,000 in 2019 and that throughout 2019 there were 2,000 shares of $100 par value, 5% cumulative, nonconvertible preferred stock outstanding on which no dividends were declared, compute the EPS for 2019.

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

a. The computation of the weighted average number of shares is shown in the attachment below:

b.  Now the earning per share i.e EPS

= (Net Income - Preferred Dividend) ÷ (Weighted average number of shares )

= ($9,850,000 - $10,000) ÷ (8,720,000 shares)  

= $1.13    

The preference dividend is

= (2,000 × $100 × 5%)

= $10,000