On December 31, 2017, Dow Steel Corporation had 610,000 shares of common stock and 31,000 shares of 9%, noncumulative nonconvertible preferred stock issued and outstanding. Dow issued a 4% common stock dividend on May 15 and paid cash dividends of $410,000 and $70,000 to common and preferred shareholders, respectively, on December 15, 2018. On February 28, 2018, Dow sold 63,000 common shares. in keeping with its long-term share repurchase plan, 2,000 shares were retired on July 1. Dow's net income for the year ended December 31, 2018, was $2150,000. The income tax rate is 40%. Required: Compute Dow's earnings per share for the year ended December 31. 2018. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers in thousands.) Denominator Earnings per share umerator