Financial & Managerial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781337119207
Author: Carl Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
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Chapter 12, Problem 1ADM
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:
To compute: Earnings per share of Incorporation A and company W.
B.
To determine
To identify: The company which appears to be more profitable on the basis of earnings per share.
C.
To determine
To explain: The possible reasons behind the differences between the Incorporation A and Company W’s market price per share and earnings price per share.
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