Financial information for Forever 18 includes the following selected data (in millions): ($ in millions) 2018 2017 Net income $ 156 $ 188 Preferred stock dividends $ 23 $ 18 Average shares outstanding (in millions) 300 400 Stock price $ 11.87 $ 10.82 Required: 1-a. Calculate earnings per share in 2017 and 2018

$0.4433 and $0.425

Explanation:

The computation of the earning per share is shown below:

Earning per share is

= (Net income - preference dividend) ÷ (average shares outstanding)

For 2017, it is

= ($156 - $23) ÷ (300 shares)

= $0.4433

For 2018, it is

= ($188 - $18) ÷ (400 shares)

= $0.425

We simply applied the above formula so that the earning per share could be come for both the years

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