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What are the earnings per share (EPS) for a company that earned $100,000 last year in after-tax profits?

has200,000 common shares outstanding and $1.2 million in retained earning at the year end?

1) $100,000

 

2) $6.00

 

3) $0.50

 

4) $6.50

 

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Question added by Emad Mohammed said abdalla , ERP & IT Software, operation general manager . , AL DOHA Company
Date Posted: 2015/03/19
Alex Al Yazouri
by Alex Al Yazouri , General Manager , Al Mushref Cooperative Society

3) $0.50

earnings per share (EPS) =  $100,000 / 200,000

Vinod Jetley
by Vinod Jetley , Assistant General Manager , State Bank of India

Option3 is the correct answer

khaled elkholy
by khaled elkholy , HR MANAGER , misk for import & export

agree with all.............................................................

Hany Helmy Haleem
by Hany Helmy Haleem , Director of Warehouses , Nasco Automotive

The answer is num.

3) $0.50

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VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN
by VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN , Project Execution Manager & Accounts Manager , ALI INTERNATIONAL TRADING EST.

Answer:  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   Earnings/Equity = $0.50

Asif Ahammed
by Asif Ahammed , Warehouse Manager , Digi color for Gulf

ANSWER IS $0.50 ( $100,000/200,000)=.50 AND $1.2 million OF RD  WILL NOT ADD WHILE CALCULATING EPS

 

Wasi Rahman Sheikh
by Wasi Rahman Sheikh , Warehouse Supervisor , AL MUTLAQ FURNITURE MFG

Correct answer given by experts

Emad Mohammed said abdalla
by Emad Mohammed said abdalla , ERP & IT Software, operation general manager . , AL DOHA Company

The answer will be 3) $0.50.....................

Deleted user
by Deleted user

Agreed to given answers

option 3

Rami Alqiq
by Rami Alqiq , Finance Manager , Dur Alkuttab Company Limited

EPS (basic)= net profit - preferred stock profit share / outstanding W.A com. Stock during the year = $0.5