Find basic eps amounts if company has one class of stock


The income statement for Fignon Co. for the year ended December 31, 2011, reported the following.

Income from continuing operations before income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,000
Income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,000
Income from continuing operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $21,000
Loss from disposal of segment (net of income taxes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4,200)
Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . $16,800

Compute basic EPS amounts for 2011 under each of the following assumptions (consider each assumption separately):

(a) The company has only one class of common stock with 20,000 shares outstanding.

(b) The company has shares outstanding as follows: preferred 8% stock, $15 par, cumulative, 5,000 shares; common, $12 par, 20,000 shares. Only the current year's preferred dividends are unpaid.

(c) Same as (b) except that Fignon Co. also has preferred 7% stock, $10 par, noncumulative, 6,000 shares, and only $3,000 in dividends on the noncumulative preferred has been declared.

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