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Chapter 12, Problem 4FPE
The Castle Company recently reported net profits after taxes of $15.8 million. It has 2.5 million shares of common stock outstanding and pays preferred dividends of $1 million a year. The company’s stock currently trades at $60 per share.
- a. Compute the stock’s earnings per share (EPS).
- b. What is the stock’s P/E ratio?
- c. Determine what the stock’s dividend yield would be if it paid $1.75 per share to common stockholders.
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