Apple Inc. (AAPL) Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) Fake Company (FAKE)...

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Apple Inc. (AAPL) Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) Fake Company (FAKE) Income Statement (Select Items) TTM TTM TTM TTM TTM 1) Total Revenue 383,933,000 218,310,000 554,028,000 126,956,000 133,987,765 23 2) Pretax Income 111,395,000 95,023,000 22,909,000 36,770,000 67,000,000 3) Net Income Common Stockholders 94,760,000 77,096,000 20,079,000 29,734,000 32,000,000 Balance Sheet (Select Items) 4) Common Stock Equity 62,146,000 206,223,000 5) Total Capitalization 157,427,000 248,213,000 6) Cash Dividends Paid -14,970,000 -20,230,000 146,043,000 213,193,000 125,713,000 135,436,000 75,000,111 103,678,999 0 -10,987,665 You are a new junior analyst at Sludge Investments, LLC. Your boss Mr. Kiwalobizquezaile asked you if you can come up with the theoreticsal growth rates in EPS based on these actual figures for the first four companies from Yahoo Finance, and the ficticious information provided for Fake Company. Please choose the Company that has the highest theoretical growth rate in EPS. Apple Inc. (AAPL) Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) Fake Company (FAKE) Income Statement (Select Items) TTM TTM TTM TTM TTM 1) Total Revenue 383,933,000 218,310,000 554,028,000 126,956,000 133,987,765 23 2) Pretax Income 111,395,000 95,023,000 22,909,000 36,770,000 67,000,000 3) Net Income Common Stockholders 94,760,000 77,096,000 20,079,000 29,734,000 32,000,000 Balance Sheet (Select Items) 4) Common Stock Equity 62,146,000 206,223,000 5) Total Capitalization 157,427,000 248,213,000 6) Cash Dividends Paid -14,970,000 -20,230,000 146,043,000 213,193,000 125,713,000 135,436,000 75,000,111 103,678,999 0 -10,987,665 You are a new junior analyst at Sludge Investments, LLC. Your boss Mr. Kiwalobizquezaile asked you if you can come up with the theoreticsal growth rates in EPS based on these actual figures for the first four companies from Yahoo Finance, and the ficticious information provided for Fake Company. Please choose the Company that has the highest theoretical growth rate in EPS.

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To calculate the theoretical growth rate in EPS well need to use the following formula Theoretical G... View the full answer