Question

Grouper Corporation had 138,000 shares of stock outstanding on January 1, 2020. On May 1, 2020, Grouper issued 72,000 shares. On July 1, Grouper purchased 10,200 treasury shares, which were reissued on October 1. Compute Grouper’s weighted-average number of shares outstanding for 2020. Weighted-average number of shares outstanding

Answer 1

183,450 shares

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the weighted average number of shares is shown below:

January 1 to April = 138,000 shares for 4 months = 46,000 shares

May to June = 72,000 shares + 138,000 shares = 210,000 shares for 2 months = 35,000 shares

July to September = 210,000 shares - 10,200 shares = 199,800 shares for 3 months = 49,950 shares

October to December = 199,800 + 10,200 shares = 210,000 for 3 months = 52,500 shares

Now weights average number of shares is

= 183,450 shares