Earnings Per Share, Price-Earnings Ratio, Dividend Yield

The following information was taken from the financial statements of Monarch Resources Inc. for December 31 of the current year:

Common stock, $10 par value (no change during the year)	$2,200,000
Preferred $5 stock, $200 par (no change during the year)	6,000,000

The net income was $634,000, and the declared dividends on the common stock were $39,600 for the current year. The market price of the common stock is $10 per share.

For the common stock, determine (a) the earnings per share, (b) the price-earnings ratio, (c) the dividends per share, and (d) the dividend yield.

Round to one decimal place except earnings per share and dividends per share, which should be rounded to the nearest cent.

a. Earnings per share	$
b. Price-earnings ratio
c. Dividends per share	$	0.18
d. Dividend yield		%1.8

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a. Divide net income minus preferred dividends [Preferred stock par value) x $5 dividend per preferred share] by common shares outstanding (common stock par value).

b. Divide common market share price by common earnings per share (from requirement a).

c. Divide common dividends by common shares outstanding (common stock par value).

d. Divide common dividends per share (from requirement c) by market share price.