In: Accounting
EPS, P/E Ratio, and Dividend Ratios
The Stockholders' Equity section of the balance sheet for Obregon, Inc. at the end of 2017 appears as follows:
8%, $100 par, cumulative preferred stock, 200,000 shares authorized, 50,000 shares issued and outstanding | $5,000,000 | |
Additional paid-in capital on preferred | 2,500,000 | |
Common stock, $5 par, 500,000 shares authorized, 400,000 shares issued and outstanding | 2,000,000 | |
Additional paid-in capital on common | 18,000,000 | |
Retained earnings | 37,500,000 | |
Total stockholders' equity | $65,000,000 |
Net income for the year was $1,335,000. Dividends were declared and paid on the preferred shares during the year, and a quarterly dividend of $0.40 per share was declared and paid each quarter on the common shares. The closing market price for the common shares on December 31, 2017, was $23.65 per share.
Required:
1. Compute the following ratios for the common stock:
When required, round earnings per share and price/earnings ratio answers to two decimal places. For dividend payout and dividend yield ratios, round raw calculations to 4 decimal places, but enter each answer as a percentage to two decimal places; for example, .17856 rounds to .1786 and would be entered as 17.86, indicating 17.86%.
a. Earnings per share | $fill in the blank 1 | |
b. Price/earnings ratio | fill in the blank 2 | to 1 |
c. Dividend payout ratio | fill in the blank 3 | % |
d. Dividend yield ratio | fill in the blank 4 | % |
2. Before recommending the stock of Obregon to a client, as a financial adviser, you would like to know:
1 )
a)
Earning Per share = Earning available to equity shareholders / Number of equity shares outstanding |
Calculation of earning avalaiable to equity shareholders |
Net Income ( Before preference Dividend ) | 1335000 |
Less : Preference dividend | -400000 |
(5000000 *8%) | |
Earnings Available to equity shareholders | 935000 |
Number Of shares | 400000 |
Earning per share | 2.34 |
Earning per share = $ 2.34 per share
b) Price earning ratio = Market price / Earning per share
Price earning ratio = 23.65 / 2.34
Price earning ratio = 10.11 Times
c) Dividend payout ratio = Dividend per share*100 / earning per share
Annual Dividend per share = dividend per quater * 4
Annual Dividend per share = 0.4 * 4 = 1.6 per share
Dividend payout ratio = 1.6 *100 / 2.34
Dividend payout ratio = 68.38%
d) Dividend yield ratio = Annual dividend per share*100 / market price per share
Dividend Yield ratio = 1.6 *100 / 23.65
Dividend yield ratio = 6.77 %
2) Option d ) All of the above
Reason : As an investor we perform fundamental analysis of the stock to know its future earning capacity , expected return on capital employed and where the price is overvalued or undervalued at current scenario to invest