As a stockholder in Bozo Oil Company, you receive its annual report. In the financial statements, the firm has reported assets of $9 million, liabilities of $5 million, after-tax earnings of $2 million, and 750,000 outstanding shares of common stock.
a. Calculate the earnings per share of Bozo Oil's common stock.
b. Assuming that a share of Bozo Oil's common stock has a market value of $40, what is the firm's price-earnings ratio?
c. Calculate the book value of a share of Bozo Oil's common stock.