The use of accelerated depreciation:____.a. discourages investment in plant and equipment. b. increases expenses and decreases c
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Answer and Explanation :
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As per the data given in the question,
The formula and the computation is shown below
1) Book value per share = Equity applicable to share ÷ share outstanding
Apple Google
Equity common share a $134,047 $152,502
Common share outstanding b 5,126.201 694.783
Book value per common share a ÷ b $26.15 $219.50
2)Basic EPS = Net income ÷ weighted Avg common share outstanding
Apple Google
Net income a $48,351 $12,662
weighted Avg common share outstanding b 5217.242 693.049
Basic EPS a ÷ b $9.27 $18.27
3)Dividend yield = Cash dividend per common share ÷ Market price per share
Apple Google
Cash dividend per common share a 2.4 0
Market price per share b $154.12 $1046.4
Dividend yield a ÷ b 1.56% 0.00%
4) Price earning ratio = Market price per share ÷ Basic EPS
Apple Google
Market price per share a $154.12 $1046.4
Basic EPS b 9.26754 18.26999
Price earning ratio a ÷ b 16.63 57.27
5) A higher PE ration indicates that investors want to pay a higher share price because of growth expectation in near by future
Therefore Google has higher PE ratio
Hence, investors have greater expectation of performance of Google in future.
