Orange Company’s net income for 2004 was $7,600,000 with 2,000,000 shares outstanding. The average share price in 2004 was $55. Orange had 10,000 shares of eight percent $1,000 par value convertible preferred stock outstanding since 2003. Each preferred share was convertible into 20 shares of common stock. Orange Company’s diluted earnings per share (Diluted EPS) for 2004 is closest to:
Orange’s basic EPS ((net income – preferred dividends) / weighted average common shares outstanding) is ((($7,600,000 ? (10,000 × $1,000 *times; 0.08)) / 2,000,000 =) $3.40. To check for dilution, EPS is calculated under the assumption that the convertible preferred shares are converted into common shares at the beginning of the year. The preferred dividends paid are added back to the numerator of the Diluted EPS equation, and the additional common shares are added to the denominator of the equation. Orange’s if-converted EPS is ($7,600,000 / (2,000,000 + 200,000) =) $3.45. Because if-converted EPS is higher than basic EPS, the preferred stock is antidilutive and no adjustment is made to basic EPS. |