IGF Foods Company is a large, primarily domestic, consumer foods company involved in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of a variety of food products. Industry averages are derived from Troy’s The Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios and Dun and Bradstreet’s Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios. Following are the 2021 and 2020 comparative income statements and balance sheets for IGF. The market price of IGF’s common stock is $47 during 2021. (The financial data we use are from actual financial statements of a well-known corporation, but the company name used in our illustration is fictitious and the numbers and dates have been modified slightly to disguise the company’s identity.) 

Some ratios express income, dividends, and market prices on a per share basis. As such, these ratios appeal primarily to common shareholders, particularly when weighing investment possibilities. These ratios focus less on the fundamental soundness of a company and more on its investment characteristics. 

Required: 

1. Calculate 2021 earnings per share for IGF. 

2. Calculate IGF’s 2021 price-earnings ratio. 

3. Calculate IGF’s 2021 dividend payout ratio.

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IGF FOODS COMPANY Years Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 ($ in millions) 2021 2020 Comparative Income Statements Net sales $6,440 $5,800 Cost of goods sold (3,667) (3,389) Gross profit Operating expenses 2,773 2,411 (1,916) (1,629) Operating income Interest expense 857 782 (54) (53) Income from operations before tax 803 729 Income taxes (316) (287)