Griffins Goat Farm, Inc., has sales of $664,000, costs of $326,000, depreciation expense of $70,000, interest expense of $45,000, a tax rate of 22 percent, and paid out $46,000 in cash dividends. The firm has 26,600 shares of common stock outstanding.

a. $6.54 per share

b. $1.73 per share

Explanation:

The computation is shown below:

1. Earning per share is

= Net income : shares of common stock outstanding

where,

Net income is

= Sales - costs - depreciation expense - interest expense - tax expense

= $664,000 - $326,000 - $70,000 - $45,000 - $49,060

= $173,940

The tax expense is

= (Sales - costs - depreciation expense - interest expense) * tax rate

= ($664,000 - $326,000 - $70,000 - $45,000) * 22%

= $49,060

Now the earning per share is

= $173,940 : 26,600 shares

= $6.54 per share

b. Dividend per share = (Total dividend) : (number of shares)

= ($46,000) : (26,600 shares)

= $1.73 per share