On December 31, 2020, Dow Steel Corporation had 620,000 shares of common stock and 32,000 shares of 10%, noncumulative, nonconvertible preferred stock issued and outstanding. Dow issued a 5% common stock dividend on May 15 and paid cash dividends of $420,000 and $71,000 to common and preferred shareholders, respectively, on December 15, 2021.

On February 28, 2021, Dow sold 64,000 common shares. In keeping with its long-term share repurchase plan, 4,000 shares were retired on July 1. Dow's net income for the year ended December 31, 2021, was $2,200,000. The income tax rate is 25%.

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Compute Dow's earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2021.(Do not round intermediate calculations.Enter your answers in thousands. Round"Earnings per share"answer to 2 decimal places.)