Problem $2-4$ Per$-$Share Earnings and Dividends $[$LO $2]$

Sidewinder, Inc., has sales of $$658,000,$ costs of $$334,000,$ depreciation expense of $$79,000,$ interest expense of $$44,000,$ and a tax rate of $21$ percent. The firm paid out $$74,000$ in cash dividends and has $36,200$ shares of common stock outstanding.

a$.$ What is the earnings per share, or EPS, figure? $($Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to $2$ decimal places, e$.$g$.,32\mathrm{.}16.)$

b$.$ What is the dividends per share figure? $($Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to $2$ decimal places, e$.$g$.$ hat$(A{)}^{-16}.)$

a$.$ Earnings per share

b$.$ Dividends per share