Nataro, Incorporated, has sales of $$670,000,$ costs of $$337,000,$ depreciation expense of $$82,000,$ interest expense of $$47,000,$ and a tax rate of $24$ percent. The firm paid out $$77,000$ in cash dividends and has $36,800$ shares of common stock outstanding.

a$.$ What is the earnings per share, or EPS, figure?

Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to $2$ decimal places, e$.$g$.,32\mathrm{.}16.$

b$.$ What is the dividends per share figure?

Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to $2$ decimal places, e$.$g$.$n $32\mathrm{.}16.$

a$.$ Earnings per share

b$.$ Dividends per share