Amazon.com, Inc.s financial statements are presented in Appendix D. Financial statements of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. are presented

Question:

Amazon.com, Inc.’s financial statements are presented in Appendix D. Financial statements of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. are presented in Appendix E. The complete annual reports of Amazon and Wal-Mart, including the notes to the financial statements, are available at each company’s respective website. Wal-Mart has 11,000 million shares authorized.

Instructions

a. What percentage of authorized shares was issued by Amazon at December 31, 2015, and by Wal-Mart at January 31, 2016?

b. How many shares are held as treasury stock by Amazon at December 31, 2015, and by Wal-Mart at January 31, 2016?

c. How many Amazon common shares are outstanding at December 31, 2015? How many Wal-Mart shares of common stock are outstanding at January 31, 2016?

d. What are the basic earnings per share for both Amazon and Wal-Mart as of December 31, 2015, and January 31, 2016, respectively?

e. What was the total amount of dividends, if any, paid by Amazon for the year ending December 31, 2015? What was the total dividends paid by Wal-Mart for the year ending January 31, 2016?

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