Backhome Companys net income for 2014 is $650,000, and 86,000 shares of common were issued and outstanding

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Backhome Company’s net income for 2014 is $650,000, and 86,000 shares of common were issued and outstanding during 2014. The only potentially dilutive securities outstanding were 25,000 executive stock options issued during 2014, each exercisable for one share at $20.50; none of these have been exercised. The average market price of Backhome’s stock during 2014 was $26.

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(a) Compute diluted earnings per share. (Round to nearest cent.)
(b) Assume the same facts as those assumed for part (a), except that 10,000 additional options were issued on October 1, 2014, with an exercise price of $27 (the market price of the common stock on that date). The average market price during the last 3 months of 2014 was $29.50.

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Intermediate Accounting

ISBN: 978-1118147290

15th edition

Authors: Donald E. Kieso, Jerry J. Weygandt, and Terry D. Warfield

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