Question

BR Trucking has total sales of $911,300, a total asset turnover of 1.1, and a profit margin of 5.87 percent. Currently, the firm has 18,500 shares outstanding. What are the earnings per share?

Answer 1

Answer:

$2.89

Explanation:

The formula and the computation of the earning per share is shown below:

Earning per share = (Net income - preference dividend) ÷ (Number of shares)

where,

Net income is

= $911,300 × 5.87%

= $53,493.31

And, the preference dividend is $0

and, the outstanding number of shares is 18,500

So earning per share is

= $53,493.31 ÷ 18,500 shares

= $2.89