On December 31, 2020, Dow Steel Corporation had 720,000 shares of common stock and 42,000 shares of 8%, noncumulative. nonconvertible preferred stock issued and outstanding. Dow Issued a 4% common stock dividend on May 15 and paid cash dividends of $520,000 and $81,000 to common and preferred shareholders, respectively, on December 15, 2021. On February 28, 2021, Dow sold 66,000 common shares. In keeping with its long-term share repurchase plan, 8,000 shares were retired on July 1. Dow's net income for the year ended December 31, 2021, was $2,700,000. The income tax rate is 25%. Required: 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.) Numerator 1 Denominator = Earnings per share