The following financial information is available for Plummer Corporation. The weighted-average number of shares of common stock

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The following financial information is available for Plummer Corporation.

2017 2016 Average common stockholders' equity Dividends paid to common stockholders Dividends paid to preferred stockholders $1,200,000 50,000 20,000 290,000 $900,000 30,000 20,000 200,000 15 Net income Market price of common stock 20


The weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding was 80,000 for 2016 and 100,000 for 2017.


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Calculate earnings per share and return on common stockholders’ equity for 2017 and 2016.

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Accounting Principles

ISBN: 978-1118875056

12th edition

Authors: Jerry Weygandt, Paul Kimmel, Donald Kieso

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