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The 2015 balance sheet for Guthrie Corporation revealed the following informatio

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Question

The 2015 balance sheet for Guthrie Corporation revealed the following information:

Common stock, $10 par, 50,000 shares issued and outstanding

Preferred stock, $100 par, 6%, cumulative stock, 1,000 shares issued and outstanding

During 2016, Guthrie reported net income of $225,000 and engaged in the following stock transactions:

Required:

1. Determine if Guthrie has a simple or complex capital structure.
Simple capital

2. Calculate the weighted average number of shares of stock that should be used to calculate EPS for the 2016 income statement. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.
shares
3. Compute the basic EPS that would be disclosed by Guthrie. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.
Basic EPS $

Mar. 1 Issued 10,000 shares of common stock for cash. Apr. 1 Reacquired 2,000 shares of common stock as treasury stock. Aug. 1 Resold 1,000 shares of treasury stock for cash. Sept. 1 Declared and issued a 50% stock dividend on common stock.

Explanation / Answer

1.

Determine if Guthrie has a simple or complex capital structure:

Details

Amount

Capital structure

Common stock 50,000 @$10

$   500,000

Add: Issue of common stock 10,000 @10

$   100,000

Less: Required shares 2,000 @10

$     20,000

Add: Resold shares 1,000 @10

$     10,000

Total common stock value

$   590,000

85.51

Preferred stock 1,000 @100

$   100,000

14.49

Total capital structure

$   690,000

100.00

2.

Calculate the weighted average number of shares of stock that should be used to calculate EPS for the 2016 income statement:

Details

No. of shares

Common stock outstanding

50000

Add: Issue of common stock on Mar 1

10,000

Less: Reacquired shares on Apr 1

2000

Add: Resold shares on Aug 1

1000

Number of shares available of common stock

59,000

3.

Compute the basic EPS that would be disclosed by Guthrie:

EPS = Net income / No. of shares

= ($225,000 *50%) / 59,000

= $1.9068

Note: Assume net income is after deducting the issue of dividend of Preferred stock.

Details

Amount

Capital structure

Common stock 50,000 @$10

$   500,000

Add: Issue of common stock 10,000 @10

$   100,000

Less: Required shares 2,000 @10

$     20,000

Add: Resold shares 1,000 @10

$     10,000

Total common stock value

$   590,000

85.51

Preferred stock 1,000 @100

$   100,000

14.49

Total capital structure

$   690,000

100.00