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8 November, 08:25

For the year ended December 31, 2018, Norstar Industries reported net income of $905,000. At January 1, 2018, the company had 720,000 common shares outstanding. The following changes in the number of shares occurred during 2018:Apr. 30 Sold 25,000 shares in a public offering. May 24 Declared and distributed a 5% stock dividend. June 1 Issued 18,000 shares as part of the consideration for the purchase of assets from a subsidiary. Required:Compute Norstar's earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2018

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  1. 8 November, 09:29
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    Norstar's earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2018 is $1.15

    Explanation:

    For computing the earning per share, we have to use the formula which is shown below:

    Earning per share = Net income : weightage of average outstanding shares

    where,

    Net income is $905,000

    And, the weightage of average outstanding shares equals to

    = Jan 1 2018 shares * stock dividend + April 30 shares * stock dividend * number of months : total number of months in a year + June 1 shares * number of months : total number of months in a year

    where,

    Dividend would be = 100 + rate = 100 + 0.05 = 1.05

    The months from April 30 to December 31 is 8 months

    The months from June 1 to December 31 is 7 months

    = 720,000 * 1.05 + 25,000 * 1.05 * 8 : 12 + 18,000 * 7 : 12

    = 756,000 + 17,500 + 10,500

    = 784,000 shares

    Now put these values to the above formula

    So, the earning per share would be equal to

    = $905,000 : 784,000 shares

    = $1.15 per share.

    Hence, Norstar's earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2018 is $1.15
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