Financial Statement Data for This Year and Last Year for Hanscombe

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Financial statement data for this year and last year for Hanscombe Corp. are as follows: $\begin{array}{lrr} & \text { Current Year}& \text { Last Year } \\\text { Net income } & \$ 5,600,500 & \$ 4,988,000 \\\text { Preferred dividends } & 60,000 & 60,000 \\\text { Average number of common shares outstanding } & 125,000 & 110,000\end{array}$
Calculate earnings per share for each year.

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Definitions:

Annual End-Of-Year Payments

Regular payments made at the end of each year, often in the context of annuities or certain types of loans where payments are deferred until the end of the period.

Interest Rate

The fee a lender imposes on a borrower for utilizing assets, denoted as a percentage of the principal amount.

Annuities

Financial products sold by financial institutions designed to accept and grow funds from an individual and then, upon annuitization, pay out a stream of payments to the individual at a later point in time, typically during retirement.

Cash Flows

The aggregate of cash inflows and outflows within a corporation, impacting its liquid assets.