At December 31, 2019, Talbot Corporation had 90,000 shares of common stock and 20,000 shares of convertible preferred stock outstanding, in addition to 9% convertible bonds payable in the face amount of $2,000,000. During 2019, Talbot paid dividends of $2.50 per share on the preferred stock. The preferred stock is convertible into 20,000 shares of common stock. The 9% convertible bonds are convertible into 30,000 shares of common stock. Net income for 2019 was $970,000. Assume an income tax rate of 30%. How much is the diluted earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2019

Diluted Earnings per share= $6.9

Explanation:

Earnings per share is the return attributable to each unit of outstanding ordinary share.

It is computed as the Net Income/Number of ordinary shares outstanding

The diluted earnings per share is the EPS assuming all convertible securities were all converted.

Converted shares is computed as follows:

                                         units

Preferred shares    =     20,000

Convertible bonds =     30,000

Total                               50,000

Total outstanding shares ranking for Earnings = Ordinary shares + Converted shares

= 90,000 + 50,000 = 140,000

Diluted Earnings per share = 970,000/140,000= $6.9

Diluted Earnings per share= $6.9

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