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At the beginning of 2004, the Alaska Corporation had 2 million shares of common stock outstanding and no preferred stock. At the end of August, 2004, Alaska issued 600,000 new shares of common stock. If Alaska reported net income equal to $8.8 million, what was the firm's earnings per share for 2004

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Answer:

$4

Explanation:

Earning per share (EPS) refers to earnings available to common shareholders which is divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding.

The weighted average number of shares outstanding equals the original 2 million shares plus 4/12 of the additional 600,000 shares.

The 4/12 weight is used because the new shares were only outstanding 4 months of the year.

Hence,

EPS = $8.8 million / [2 million + (4/12)(600,000)

EPS = $8.8 / $2.2

EPS = $4

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