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(a)
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:
The earnings per share of Incorporation BB for the year ended December 31, 2016 and 2015.
(b)
To identify: Whether the change in the earnings per share of Incorporation BB from 2016 to 2015 indicates a favorable or unfavorable trend.
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