Corporate Financial Accounting
Corporate Financial Accounting
14th Edition
ISBN: 9781305653535
Author: Carl Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 12, Problem 12.3ADM

(a)

To determine

Earnings per share:

Earnings per share represent the amount of income earned per share of outstanding common stock in a period. This ratio is used for analyzing the profitability of company’s stockholders’.

The following formula can be used to calculate earnings per share:

Earnings per shareNet income(loss) – Preferred dividendsAverage number of common shares outstanding

The earnings per share of Incorporation C for Year 1-3.

(b)

To determine

To interpret: The trend in earnings per share using horizontal analysis for 3 years in terms of change in earnings and average shares outstanding.

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Corporate Financial Accounting

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