Francis Companyhas 24,000 shares of common stock outstanding at the beginning of 2019. Francis issued 3,000 additional shares on May 1 and 2,000 additional shares on September 30. It also has two convertible securities outstanding at the end of 2019. These are:
1. Convertible preferred stock: 2,500 shares of 85%, 550 par, preferred stock were issued on january 2, 2016, for $60 per share. Each share of preferred stock is convertible into 3 shares of common stock. Current dividends have been declared and paid.
To date, no preferred stock has been converted.
2. Convertible bonds: Bonds with a face value of 250,000 and an interest rate of 5.5% were issued at par in 2018. Each $1,000 bond is convertible into 20 shares of common stock. To date, no bonds have been converted.

Francis earned net income of $72,500 during 2019. The income tax rate is 30%.

Required:

1. Compute the number of shares of common stock that Francis should use in calculating basic earnings per share for 2019.
2. Calculate basic earnings per share for 2019.
3. Calculate diluted earnings per share for 2019 and the incremental EPS of the preferred stock and convertible bonds.
4. Next level Assume the same facts as above except that net income included a loss from discontinued operations of $18,000 net of income taxes. Compute basic BPS and show how it should be reported to shareholders. You do not have to calculate diluted BPS for this case.

Stocks a, b, and c are similar in some respects: each has an expected return of 10% and a standard deviation of 25%. stocks a and b have returns that are independent of one another; i.e., their correlation coefficient, r, equals zero. stocks a and c have returns that are negatively correlated with one another; i.e., r is less than 0. portfolio ab is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half in stock b. portfolio ac is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half invested in stock c. which of the following statements is correct? a. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is greater than 25%.b. portfolio ac has an expected return that is less than 10%.c. portfolio ac has a standard deviation that is less than 25%.d. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is equal to 25%.e. portfolio ac has an expected return that is greater than 25%.

The stock of grommet corporation, a u.s. company, is publicly traded, with no single shareholder owning more than 5 percent of its outstanding stock. grommet owns 95 percent of the outstanding stock of staple inc., also a u.s. company. staple owns 100 percent of the outstanding stock of clip corporation, a canadian company. grommet and clip each own 50 percent of the outstanding stock of fastener inc., a u.s. company. grommet and staple each own 50 percent of the outstanding stock of binder corporation, a u.s. company. which of these corporations form an affiliated group eligible to file a consolidated tax return?

He cheyenne hotel in big sky, montana, has accumulated records of the total electrical costs of the hotel and the number of occupancy-days over the last year. an occupancy-day represents a room rented out for one day. the hotel's business is highly seasonal, with peaks occurring during the ski season and in the summer. month occupancy- days electrical costs january 1,736 $ 4,127 february 1,904 $ 4,207 march 2,356 $ 5,083 april 960 $ 2,857 may 360 $ 1,871 june 744 $ 2,696 july 2,108 $ 4,670 august 2,406 $ 5,148 september 840 $ 2,691 october 124 $ 1,588 november 720 $ 2,454 december 1,364 $ 3,529 required: 1. using the high-low method, estimate the fixed cost of electricity per month and the variable cost of electricity per occupancy-day. (do not round your intermediate calculations. round your variable cost answer to 2 decimal places and fixed cost element answer to nearest whole dollar amount) 2. what other factors other than occupancy-days are likely to affect the variation in electrical costs from month to month? (you may select more than one answer. single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer.) seasonal factors like winter or summer. systematic factors like guests, switching off fans and lights. number of days present in a month. fixed salary paid to hotel receptionist. income taxes paid on hotel income.