Chapter 10, Problem 10.2ME

To determine

Concept Introduction:

Basic Earnings per share:

The Basic Earnings per share is the amount of net income earned by each common share outstanding. The Earnings per share calculated by with help of following formula:

  $\text{Basic Earnings per share=}\frac{\text{Net Income - Preferred Dividend}}{\text{Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding}}$

  $\begin{array}{l}\hfill \\ \text{Net Income available to common stockholder = Net income – Preferred Dividend}\hfill \end{array}$

Stock split:

Stock split refers to the dividing one share into two of more shares. It is usually done to make the share available for small investor with smaller value. A stock split does not affect the total stockholder's equity and it also does not require any journal entry.

To Calculate:

The earnings per share before stock split.