Hardaway Fixtures' balance sheet at December $31,2023,$ included the following:

Shares issued and outstanding:

Common stock, $$1$ par

Nonconvertible preferred stock, $$50$ par

$$960,000$

$20,000$

On July $21,2024,$ Hardaway issued a $25\%$ stock dividend on its common stock. On December $12,$ it paid $$45,000$ cash dividends on the preferred stock. Net income for the year ended December $31,2024,$ was $$3,600,000.$

Required:

Compute Hardaway's earnings per share for the year ended December $31,2024.$

Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers in thousands $($i$.$e$.,10,000$ should be entered as $10).$

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