Christina Corporation is preparing the comparative financial statements to be included in the annual report to stockholders. Christina employs a fiscal year ending May 31.

Income from operations before income taxes for Christina was $1,400,000 and $660,000, respectively, for fiscal years ended May 31, 2026 and 2025. Christina experienced a loss from discontinued operations of $400,000 on March 3, 2026. A 20% combined income tax rate pertains to any and all of Christina Corporation’s profits, gains, and losses.

Christina’s capital structure consists of preferred stock and common stock. The company has not issued any convertible securities or warrants and there are no outstanding stock options.

Christina issued 40,000 shares of $100 par value, 6% cumulative preferred stock in 2022. All of this stock is outstanding, and no preferred dividends are in arrears.

There were 1,000,000 shares of $1 par common stock outstanding on June 1, 2024. On September 1, 2024, Christina sold an additional 400,000 shares of the common stock at $17 per share. Christina distributed a 20% stock dividend on the common shares outstanding on December 1, 2025. These were the only common stock transactions during the past 2 fiscal years.

Instructions

a. Determine the weighted-average number of common shares that would be used in computing earnings per share on the current comparative income statement for:

1. The year ended May 31, 2025.

2. The year ended May 31, 2026.

b. Starting with income from operations before income taxes, prepare a comparative income statement for the years ended May 31, 2026 and 2025. The statement will be part of Christina Corporation’s annual report to stockholders and should include appropriate earnings per share presentation.

c. The capital structure of a corporation is the result of its past financing decisions. Furthermore, the earnings per share data presented on a corporation’s financial statements is dependent upon the capital structure.

1. Explain why Christina Corporation is considered to have a simple capital structure.

2. Describe how earnings per share data would be presented for a corporation that has a complex capital structure.