Question 271

An analyst has gathered the following information about a company:
110,000 shares of common outstanding at the beginning of the year.
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The company repurchases 20,000 of its own common shares on July 1.
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Earnings are $300,000 for the year.
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10,000 shares of existing 10 percent cumulative $100 par preferred outstanding that is not in
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arrears at the beginning or ending of the year.The company also has $1 million in 10 percent callable bonds outstanding.
The company has declared a $0.50 dividend on the common.
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What is the company's basic Earnings per Share?
  • Question 272

    Date Quantity Per Unit Total Cost Jan 1, Beginning Inventory 100 $18.00 $ 1,800.00 Mar 4, Purchase
    4 00 19.00 7,600.00 May 8, Purchase 800 18.25 14,600.00 Nov 3, Purchase 500 20.40 10,200.00
    Merchandise Available 1,800 34,200.00
    Five hundred units are unsold. Using the average cost method under a periodic inventory system, how much is the cost assigned to the ending merchandise inventory?
  • Question 273

    Internal liquidity ratios
  • Question 274

    BWT, Inc. shows the following data in its financial statements at the end of the year. Assume all securities were outstanding at the beginning of the year:
    6.125% convertible bond, convertible into 33 shares of common stock. Issue price $1,000, 100
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    bonds outstanding.
    6.25% convertible preferred stock, $100 par, 2,315 shares outstanding. Convertible into 3.3
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    shares of common stock, Issue price $100
    8% convertible preferred stock, $100 par, 2,572 shares outstanding. Convertible into 5 common
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    shares, Issue price $80
    9,986 warrants are outstanding with an exercise price of $38. Each warrant is convertible into 1
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    share of common.
    Average market price of common is $52.00 per share. Common shares outstanding at the
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    beginning of the year were 40,045.
    Net Income for the period was $200,000, while the tax rate was 40%.
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    How many new shares had to be issued to facilitate warrant conversion?
  • Question 275

    Nabil buys 100 shares of "take a chance technologies" stock at $20 per share and wants to limit his losses. He could place a ______ order to sell 100 shares at $15, good until cancelled.