Financial Planning Exercise 4 Calculating key stock performance metrics

The Castle Company recently reported net profits after taxes of $18.9 million. It has 2.5 million shares of common stock outstanding and pays preferred dividends of $2 million a year. The company's stock currently trades at $166 per share.

1. Compute the stock's earnings per share (EPS). Round the answer to two decimal places. $______ per share
2. What's the stock's P/E ratio? Round the answer to two decimal places. $______ times
3. Determine what the stock's dividend yield would be if it paid $7.64 per share to common stockholders. Round the answer to two decimal places. ______%