Question

Lark had net income for 2018 of S103,000. Lark had 38,000 shares of common stock outstanding at the beginning of the year and 44,000 shares of common stock outstanding at the end of the year. There were 5,000 shares of preferred stock outstanding all year. During 2018, Lark declared and paid preferred dividends of $29,000. On December 31, 2018, the market price of Lark's common stock is $35.00 per share and the market price of its preferred stock is $55.00 per share. What is Lark's price eamings ratio at December 31, 2018 (Round any intermeciate calculations and your final answer to the nearest cent.)

a. 13.93
b.30.56
c. 19.44
d. 14.95

Answer 1

price earning ratio = 19.44 times

so correct option is c. 19.44

Step-by-step explanation:

given data

net income = $103,000

common stock outstanding beginning = 38,000 shares

common stock outstanding ending = 44,000 shares

preferred stock outstanding = 5,000 shares

paid preferred dividends = $29,000

common stock = $35.00 per share

market price preferred stock = $55.00 per share

to find out

Lark's price earnings ratio

solution

first we get here average no of equity share that is

average no of equity share = common stock outstanding beginning + common stock outstanding ending ÷ 2

average no of equity share =
`(38000+44000)/(2)`

average no of equity share = 41000 share

and

earning per share will be here as

earning per share = ( net income - paid preferred dividends ) ÷ average no of equity share

earning per share =
`(103000-29000)/(41000)`

earning per share = $1.80

so here price earning ratio will be as

price earning ratio =
`(market\ price\ common\ share)/(earning\ per\ share)`

price earning ratio =
`(35)/(1.80)`

price earning ratio = 19.44 times

so correct option is c. 19.44