Question

Rudyard Corporation had 240,000 shares of common stock and 24,000 shares of 6%, $100 par convertible preferred stock outstanding during the year. Net income for the year was $680,000 and dividends were paid to both common and preferred shareholders. Rudyard's effective tax rate is 25%. Each share of preferred stock is convertible into five shares of common stock. What is Rudyard's diluted EPS (rounded)?

Answer 1

Answer:

$1.90 per share

Explanation:

The computation of the diluted earning per share is shown below:

Diluted earning per share = Net income ÷ Weighted number of outstanding shares

where,

Net income is $680,000

And, the Weighted number of outstanding shares is

= 240,000 + 24,000 × 5

= 240,000 + 120,000

= 360,000 shares

So, the diluted EPS is

= $680,000 ÷ 360,000 shares

= $1.90 per share

We simply applied the above formula