AFM391 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Common Stock, Capital Structure, Financial Instrument

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Earnings per share (eps): measures each ordinary share"s interest in a company"s earnings. Simple capital structures: a capital structure that does not include potentially dilutive securities. Complex capital structures: a capital structure that includes potentially dilutive securities. Basic eps: an indicator of profitability that measures how much of the company"s earnings are attributable to each ordinary share. Basic eps = ni available to common sharehol ders / weighted avg # common shares. Net income available to ordinary (common) shareholders: the company"s net income less dividends on preferred shares . Dividends on preferred shares: are deducted from net income available to ordinary shareholders according to the type of preferred share. C umulative dividends are deducted at the stated rate for the current year, without considering dividends in arrears (these would have already been deducted in prior years). Non -cumulative dividends are only deducted when declared in the amount declared.

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