In: Accounting
Presented below is information related to Starr Company.
1. | Net Income [including a discontinued operations gain (net of tax) of $84,000] | $258,500 | ||||
2. | Capital Structure | |||||
a. | Cumulative 5% preferred stock, $100 par, 6,100 shares issued and outstanding | $610,000 | ||||
b. | $10 par common stock, 74,000 shares outstanding on January 1. On April 1, 40,000 shares were issued for cash. On October 1, 16,000 shares were purchased and retired. | $1,000,000 | ||||
c. | On January 2 of the current year, Starr purchased Oslo Corporation. One of the terms of the purchase was that if Oslo net income for the following year is $244,000 or more, 50,000 additional shares would be issued to Oslo stockholders next year. Oslo’s net income for the current year was $2,600,000. | |||||
3. | Other Information | |||||
a. | Average market price per share of common stock during entire year | $30 | ||||
b. | Income tax rate | 30% |
Compute weighted average shares outstanding.
Weighted average shares outstanding |
Compute earnings per share for the current year. (Round answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 52.75.)
Basic earnings per share | $ | |
Diluted earnings per share | $ |