At December 31, 2014, Millwood Corporation has 2,000 shares of $100 par value, 8 , preferred stock outstanding and 100,000 shares of $10 par value common stock issued Millwoods net income for the year is $241,000 Instructions Compute the earnings per share of common stock under the following indepe...

At December 31, 2014, Millwood Corporation has 2,000 shares of $100 par value, 8%, preferred stock outstanding

Question:

At December 31, 2014, Millwood has 2,000 shares of $100 8%, preferred stock outstanding and 100,000 shares of $10 issued. Millwood’s net income for the year is $241,000.

Instructions
Compute the earnings per share of under the following independent situations. (Round to two decimals.)
(a) The to preferred stockholders was declared. There has been no change in the number of shares of outstanding during the year.
(b) The to preferred stockholders was not declared. The preferred stock is cumulative. Millwood held 10,000 shares of common treasury stock throughout the year.

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