The Following Information Is Available for Bradshaw Corporation and Newell

question 39

Multiple Choice

The following information is available for Bradshaw Corporation and Newell Corporation: Based on the information for both Bradshaw and Newell over the two-year period, the earnings per share calculations (rounded to two decimals) indicate that

• A)Bradshaw is seeing a greater performance improvement than Newell.
• B)the earnings available to common stockholders is decreasing for Newell and increasing for Bradshaw.
• C)the earnings per share calculations for both companies assume that changes in shares between 2021 and 2022 occur in the middle of the year.
• D)Newell is more financially stable than Bradshaw.

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