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On December 31, 2020, Dow Steel Corporation had 720,000 shares
of common stock and 312,000 shares of 8%, noncumulative,
nonconvertible preferred stock issued and outstanding. Dow issued a
4% common stock dividend on May 15 and paid cash dividends of
$520,000 and $81,000 to common and preferred shareholders,
respectively, on December 15, 2021.
On February 28, 2021, Dow sold 66,000 common shares. In keeping
with its long-term share repurchase plan, 8,000 shares were retired
on July 1. Dow's net income for the year ended December 31, 2021,
was $2,700,000. The income tax rate is 25%. Also, as a part of a
2020 agreement for the acquisition of Merrill Cable Company,
another 19,000 shares (already adjusted for the stock dividend) are
to be issued to former Merrill shareholders on December 31, 2022,
if Merrill's 2022 net income is at least $620,000. In 2021,
Merrill's net income was $750,000.
As part of an incentive compensation plan, Dow granted incentive
stock options to division managers at December 31 of the current
and each of the previous two years. Each option permits its holder
to buy one share of common stock at an exercise price equal to
market value at the date of grant and can be exercised one year
from that date. Information concerning the number of options
granted and common share prices follows:
Options Granted | ||||||
Date Granted | (adjusted for the stock dividend) | Share Price | ||||
December 31, 2019 | 19,000 | $ | 30 | |||
December 31, 2020 | 14,000 | $ | 39 | |||
December 31, 2021 | 17,500 | $ | 38 | |||
The market price of the common stock averaged $38 per share during
2021.
On July 12, 2019, Dow issued $1,000,000 of convertible 8% bonds at
face value. Each $1,000 bond is convertible into 20 common shares
(adjusted for the stock dividend).
Required:
Compute Dow's basic and diluted earnings per share for the year
ended December 31, 2021. (Enter your answers in thousands.
Round "Earnings per share" answers to 2 decimal places. Do not
round intermediate calculations)
Computation of earnings per share is:
Earnings per share = (Net income - Preferred dividend) / Number of weighted shares
=($2,700,000 - $81,000)/ 802,000
= $2,619,000 / 802,000
= 3.26
Hence, the earning per share is 3.26
Working Notes:
1.
Computation of common shares on January 1 to December 31 is:
Common shares on January 1 to December 31 = Common shares * (1 + Percentage of common dividend) * (Number of months from January 1 to December 31 / Total Number of months in a year)
= 720,000 * (1 + 0.04) * (12/12)
=720,000 * 1.04 * 1
= 748,800
Hence, the common shares on January 1 to December 31 is 748,800.
2.
Computation of common shares on February 28 to December 31 is:
Common shares on February 28 to December 31 = Common shares * (1 + Percentage of common dividend) * (Number of months from February 28 to December 31 / Total Number of months in a year)
= 66,000 * (1 + 0.04) * (10/12)
= 66,000 * 1.04 * (10/12)
= 57,200
Hence, the common shares on February 28 to December 31 is 57,200.
3.
Computation of number of repurchased shares on July 1 to December 31 is:
Number of repurchased shares on July 1 to December 31 = Number of repurchased shares * (Number of months from July 1 to December 31 / Total Number of months in a year)
= 8,000 * (6/12)
= 4,000
Hence, the number of repurchased shares on July 1 to December 31 is 4,000.
4.
Computation of number of weighted shares is:
Number of weighted shares = Common shares on January 1 to December 31 + Common shares on February 28 to December 31 - Number of repurchased shares on July 1 to December 31
= 748,800 + 57,200 - 4,000
= 802,000
Hence, the number of weighted shares is 802,000.