Murphy's, Incorporated, has 31,900 shares of stock outstanding with a par value of $1 per share. The market value is $14 per share. The balance sheet shows $87,750 in the capital in excess of par account, $31,900 in the common stock account, and $146,950 in the retained earnings account. The firm just announced a stock dividend of 12 percent. What will the market price per share be after the dividend?

Jupiter Corporation earned net income of $90,000 this year. The company began the year with 600 shares of common stock and issued 500 more on April 1. They issued $5,000 in preferred dividends for the year. What is Jupiter Corporations weighted average number of shares for the year?

Bastion Corporation earned net income of $200,000 this year. The company began the year with 10,000 shares of common stock and issued 5,000 more on April 1. They issued $7,500 in preferred dividends for the year. What is the EPS for the year for Bastion?

Errol Corporation earned net income of $200,000 this year. The company began the year with 10,000 shares of common stock and issued 5,000 more on April 1. They issued $7,500 in preferred dividends for the year. What is the numerator of the EPS calculation for Errol?

Longmont Corporation earned net income of $90,000 this year. The company began the year with 600 shares of common stock and issued 500 more on April 1. They issued $5,000 in preferred dividends for the year. What is the numerator of the EPS calculation for Longmont?

For a recent year, OfficeMax and Staples are two companies competing in the retail office supply business. OfficeMax had a net income of 34,894,000, while Staples had a net loss of 210,706,000. OfficeMax had preferred stock of 28,726,000 with preferred dividends of 2,123,000. Staples had no preferred stock. The average outstanding common shares for each company were as follows: a. Determine the earnings per share for each company. Round to the nearest cent. b. Evaluate the relative profitability of the two companies.

Given the following year-end information, compute Greenwood Corporations basic and diluted earnings per share. Net income, 15,000 The income tax rate, 30% 4,000 shares of common stock were outstanding the entire year. shares of 10%, 50 par (and issuance price) convertible preferred stock were outstanding the entire year. Dividends of 2,500 were declared on this stock during the year. Each share of preferred stock is convertible into 5 shares of common stock.

Chen Corporation began 2012 with the following stockholders equity balances: The following selected transactions and events occurred during the year: a. Issued 10,000 shares of common stock for 60,000. b. Purchased 1,200 shares of treasury stock for 4,800. c. Sold 2,000 shares of treasury stock for 11,000. d. Generated net income of 94,000. e. Declared and paid the full years dividend on preferred stock and a dividend of 1.00 per share on common stock outstanding at the end of the year. Chen Corporation maintains several paid-in capital accounts (Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par, Paid-in Capital from Treasury Stock, etc.) in its ledger, but combines them all as Additional paid-in capital when preparing financial statements. Open the file STOCKEQ from the website for this book at cengagebrain.com. Enter the formulas in the appropriate cells on the worksheet. Then fill in the columns to show the effect of each of the selected transactions and events listed earlier. Enter your name in cell A1. Save the completed worksheet as STOCKEQ2. Print the worksheet. Also print your formulas. Check figure: Total stockholders equity balance at 12/31/12 (cell G21). 398,800.

Chen Corporation began 2012 with the following stockholders equity balances: The following selected transactions and events occurred during the year: a. Issued 10,000 shares of common stock for 60,000. b. Purchased 1,200 shares of treasury stock for 4,800. c. Sold 2,000 shares of treasury stock for 11,000. d. Generated net income of 94,000. e. Declared and paid the full years dividend on preferred stock and a dividend of 1.00 per share on common stock outstanding at the end of the year. Chen Corporation maintains several paid-in capital accounts (Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par, Paid-in Capital from Treasury Stock, etc.) in its ledger, but combines them all as Additional paid-in capital when preparing financial statements. In the space provided below, prepare the stockholders equity section of Chen Corporations balance sheet as of December 31, 2012. Use proper headings and provide full disclosure of all appropriate information. Chens corporate charter authorizes the issuance of 1,000 shares of preferred stock and 100,000 shares of common stock.

The Castle Company recently reported net profits after taxes of $15.8 million. It has 2.5 million shares of common stock outstanding and pays preferred dividends of $1 million a year. The company’s stock currently trades at $60 per share. Compute the stock’s earnings per share (EPS). What is the stock’s P/E ratio? Determine what the stock’s dividend yield would be if it paid $1.75 per share to common stockholders.