Diluted EPS Tutorial
Diluted EPS Tutorial
Diluted EPS Tutorial
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Exercise 3
A company has stock options which can be converted into 5,000 shares at $10 per share. The
average stock price is $16, net income is $500,000, and the weighted average number of shares is
200,000.
Instructions
Calculate basic and diluted earnings per share.
Solution
Basic EPS = 500,000/200,000 = $2.5
Extra shares = 5,000
5,000 X $10 = 50,000 cash
50,000/16 = 3,125 shares purchased with cash proceeds
Net shares in denominator = 201,875
Diluted EPS = 500,000/201,875 = $2.48
Exercise 4
A company has $2,000,000, 4% bonds payable with a $5,000 face value. The bonds are
convertible into 200 shares each. Net income for the year is $500,000 and the tax rate is 35%.
The weighted average number of shares outstanding is 400,000.
Instructions
Compute earnings per share.
Solution
Basic EPS = 500,000/400,000 = $1.25
$2,000,000/5,000 = 400 bonds
Interest expense = 2,000,000 X 4% = 80,000
500,000 + 80,000 X (1-.35) = 552,000
400,000 + 400 bonds X 200 shares = 480,000
Diluted EPS = 552,000/480,000 = $1.15
Exercise 5
On January 1, 2018, Gnomes ‘R’ Us had 100,000 common shares outstanding. On March 1, the
firm issued 20,000 common shares. On May 1, the firm repurchased 5,000 common shares. On
June 1, the firm did a 3-for-2 stock split. On August 1, the firm issued 1,000 new common
shares. On September 29, the firm did a 10% stock dividend. On December 1, the firm
repurchased 1,000 common shares. The firm has 10,000 shares of 6%, $5 par value,
nonconvertible, cumulative preferred stock, and $100,000, 8%, par value convertible bonds.
Each $1,000 bond is convertible into 50 shares of common stock. The tax rate is 20% and net
income for the period is $450,000.
Instructions
Report earnings per share for the period
Solution
Weighted average # common shares = (165,000 X 2/12) + (198,000 X 2/12) + (189,750 X 3/12)
+ (190,850 X 4/12) + (189,850 X 1/12) = 187,375
Preferred stock dividend = 10,000 X $5 X 6% = $3,000
BEPS = ($450,000 - $3,000) / 187,375 = $2.39
Interest saved = $100,000 X 8% X (1 - 0.20) = $6,400
Conversion = $100,000 / $1,000 = 100 bonds X 50 = 5,000 common shares
DEPS = ($450,000 - $3,000 + $6,400) / (187,375 + 5,000) = $2.36