Continuing Company Analysis Amazon and Walmart: Earnings per share Amazon.com, Inc. is one of the largest Internet readers in the world. Walmart is the largest reader in the United States. Am.son and Walmart compete in similar markets; however, walmart sells through both traditional stores and the Internet, w e Amazon sellis only through the internet Earnings and common stock outstanding information was obtained from recent state for both companies as follows in millions): Amaron Walmart Net income oss) $241) $16,363 Average number of common shares 462 3,230 outstanding a. Determine the earings per share for each company. Nexther company had preferred stock outstanding. Round your answers to two Amazon Walmart . Which company was more profitable from an per share perspective? The market price of Amazon common stock was 437 weat a time when Walmart's was 72 per share. How would you explain the difference in market price given the same per share comuted in (a) for both companies? Market prices are are based on the future growth prospects of the company, Previous 00 e 91 5 N