Question

At December 31, 2020 Bramble Corp. had 298000 shares of common stock and 9800 shares of 6%, $100 par value cumulative preferred stock outstanding. No dividends were declared on either the preferred or common stock in 2020 or 2021. On January 30, 2022, prior to the issuance of its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021, Bramble declared a 100% stock dividend on its common stock. Net income for 2021 was $1143000. In its 2021 financial statements, Bramble's 2021 earnings per common share should be

Answer 1

the earning per common share is $3.83 per share

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the earning per common share is shown below

= Net income ÷ weighted number of outstanding shares

= $1,143,000 ÷ (298,000 shares)

= $3.83 per share

We simply divided the net income from the weighted number of outstanding shares so that the earning per share could be determined

hence, the earning per common share is $3.83 per share