Arrange the following income statement items so they are in the proper order of an income statement:

Question:

Arrange the following income statement items so they are in the proper order of an income statement:
Taxes Earnings per share
Shares outstanding Earnings before taxes
Interest expense Cost of goods sold
Depreciation expense Earnings after taxes
Preferred stock dividends Earnings available to common
Operating profit stockholders
Sales Selling and administrative expense
Gross profit