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Witter House is a calendar-year firm with 370 million common
shares outstanding throughout 2018 and 2019. As part of its
executive compensation plan, at January 1, 2017, the company had
issued 30 million executive stock options permitting executives to
buy 30 million shares of stock for $15 within the next eight years,
but not prior to January 1, 2020. The fair value of the options was
estimated on the grant date to be $2 per option.
In 2018, Witter House began granting employees stock awards rather
than stock options as part of its equity compensation plans and
granted 25 million restricted common shares to senior executives at
January 1, 2018. The shares vest four years later. The fair value
of the stock was $20 per share on the grant date. The average price
of the common shares was $20 and $25 during 2018 and 2019,
respectively.
The stock options qualify for tax purposes as an incentive plan.
The restricted stock does not. The company's net income was $220
million and $230 million in 2018 and 2019, respectively. Its income
tax rate is 40%.
Required:
1. Compute basic and diluted earnings per share
for Witter House in 2018.
2. Compute basic and diluted earnings per share
for Witter House in 2019.
(For all requirements, do not round intermediate
calculations. Enter your answers in millions rounded to 2 decimal
places (i.e., 10,000,000 should be entered as 10.00).)
1&2 Computation of Basic EPS & Diluted EPS for Witter house in 2018 &2019:
Basis EPS = | Net income after tax/ Total no. of shares outstanding |
Net income after tax = | Net income - tax on income |
2018 | $220-($220*40%) = $132 |
2019 | $230-( $230*40%) = $138 |
Basis EPS = | Net income after tax/ Total no. of shares outstanding |
2018 | $132/370 |
.36 EPS | |
2019 | $138 / 370 |
.37 EPS | |
Compute diluted earnings per share for 2018 | |
Net income after tax for 2018 | $220-($220*40%) = $132 |
Diluted shares = | 370+25 = 395 |
Diluted EPS | $132/395 |
0.33 EPS | |
Compute diluted earnings per share for 2019 | |
Net income after tax for 2019 | $230-( $230*40%) = $138 |
Diluted shares = | 370+25 = 395 |
Diluted EPS | $138/395 |
0.35 EPS |