Question

aspela Corp. had the same capital structure in year 7 and year 8, consisting of the following: Preferred stock, $12 par, 5% cumulative, 20,000 shares issued and outstanding $ 240,000 Common stock, $6 par, 250,000 shares issued and outstanding 1,500,000 Caspela reported net income of $600,000 for year 8. No preferred dividends were paid during year 7, but Caspela paid $20,000 in preferred dividends in year 8. In its year 8 income statement what amount should Caspela report as basic earnings per share

Answer 1

$2.35 per share

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the earning per share is shown below:

Earning per share = (Net income - preference dividend) ÷ (Number of shares outstanding)

= ($600,000 - $12,000) ÷ (250,000 shares)

= $588,000 ÷ 250,000 shares

= $2.35 per share

The preference dividend is

= $240,000 × 5%

= $12,000

We simply applied the above formula