Gorgeous Enterprise Limited is a listed company on the Jamaica Stock Exchange. Its market capitalization as at December 31, 2016 was $650m and the outstanding shares at the same date was 50,000,000 and the authorized shares were 60,000,000. The company also has 10,000,000 preference at par value of $1.20 each with 10 percent interest rate. The company has net income of $30m and paid annual ordinary dividend of $3m. Required: Calculate the market price of the company's share? Calculate the EPS as at December 31, 2016? Calculate the DPS for the accounting period? What are the benefits of EPS and DPS to prospective investors?

Essentials Of Investments
11th Edition
ISBN:9781260013924
Author:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Publisher:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Chapter1: Investments: Background And Issues
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 1PS
icon
Related questions
Question
Gorgeous Enterprise Limited is a listed company on the Jamaica Stock Exchange. Its market capitalization as at
December 31, 2016 was $650m and the outstanding shares at the same date was 50,000,000 and the
authorized shares were 60,000,000. The company also has 10,000,000 preference at par value of $1.20 each
with 10 percent interest rate. The company has net income of $30m and paid annual ordinary dividend of $3m.
Required: Calculate the market price of the company's share? Calculate the EPS as at December 31, 2016?
Calculate the DPS for the accounting period? What are the benefits of EPS and DPS to prospective investors?
Transcribed Image Text:Gorgeous Enterprise Limited is a listed company on the Jamaica Stock Exchange. Its market capitalization as at December 31, 2016 was $650m and the outstanding shares at the same date was 50,000,000 and the authorized shares were 60,000,000. The company also has 10,000,000 preference at par value of $1.20 each with 10 percent interest rate. The company has net income of $30m and paid annual ordinary dividend of $3m. Required: Calculate the market price of the company's share? Calculate the EPS as at December 31, 2016? Calculate the DPS for the accounting period? What are the benefits of EPS and DPS to prospective investors?
Expert Solution
steps

Step by step

Solved in 3 steps with 4 images

Blurred answer
Similar questions
Recommended textbooks for you
Essentials Of Investments
Essentials Of Investments
Finance
ISBN:
9781260013924
Author:
Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Publisher:
Mcgraw-hill Education,
FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE
FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE
Finance
ISBN:
9781260013962
Author:
BREALEY
Publisher:
RENT MCG
Financial Management: Theory & Practice
Financial Management: Theory & Practice
Finance
ISBN:
9781337909730
Author:
Brigham
Publisher:
Cengage
Foundations Of Finance
Foundations Of Finance
Finance
ISBN:
9780134897264
Author:
KEOWN, Arthur J., Martin, John D., PETTY, J. William
Publisher:
Pearson,
Fundamentals of Financial Management (MindTap Cou…
Fundamentals of Financial Management (MindTap Cou…
Finance
ISBN:
9781337395250
Author:
Eugene F. Brigham, Joel F. Houston
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series i…
Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series i…
Finance
ISBN:
9780077861759
Author:
Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education