The following information is available for Allotrope Corporation.

(a) Compute earnings per share for 2010 and 2009 for Allotrope, and comment on the change. Allotrope's primary competitor, Triatomic Corporation, had earnings per share of $1 per share in 2010. Comment on the difference in the ratios of the two companies.
(b) Compute the current ratio and debt to total assets ratio for each year, and comment on the changes.
(c) Compute free cash flow for each year, and comment on thechanges.

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2010 2009 Current asscts Total assets Current liabilitics Total liabilitics Nct income Cash provided by opcrating activitics Preferred stock dividends Common stock dividends Expenditures on property, plant, and cquipment 54,000 240,000 24,000 72,000 80,000 90,000 6,000 3,000 27,000 36,000 205,000 33,000 100,000 40,000 56,000 6,000 1,500 12,000 Shares outstanding at beginning of year Shares outstanding at end of ycar 40,000 75,000 30,000 40,000