Allen Lumber Company had earnings after taxes of $750,000 in the year 2015 with 300,000 shares outstanding on December 31, 2015. On January 1, 2016, the firm issued 50,000 new shares. The company took the proceeds from these new shares as well as other operating improvements and earned $937,500 earnings after taxes in 2016. Earnings per share for the year 2016 were:

Earning per share for the year 2016 is $2.68

Explanation:

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

= Net income : total number of outstanding shares

where,

Net income is $937,500

And, the total number of outstanding shares equals to

= 2015 shares + 2016 shares

= 300,000 + 50,000

= 350,000

Now put these values to the above formula

So, the earning per share would be equals to

= $937,500 : 350,000 shares

= $2.68

The earning after tax is not considered. Thus, it is ignored.

Hence, earning per share for the year 2016 is $2.68