Reference no: EM132683536

On December 31, 2020, Ainsworth, Inc., had 800 million shares of common stock outstanding. Twenty five million shares of 6%, $100 par value cumulative, nonconvertible preferred stock were sold on January 2, 2021. On April 30, 2021, Ainsworth purchased 30 million shares of its common stock as treasury stock. Twelve million treasury shares were sold on August 31. Ainsworth issued a 5% common stock dividend on June 12, 2021. No cash dividends were declared in 2021. For the year ended December 31, 2021, Ainsworth reported a net loss of $165 million, including an after-tax loss from discontinued operations of $450 million.

Required:

Problem 1. Compute Ainsworth's net loss per share for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Problem 2. Compute the per share amount of income or loss from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Problem 3. Prepare an EPS presentation that would be appropriate to appear on Ainsworth's 2021 and 2020 comparative income statements. Assume EPS was reported in 2020 as $0.65, based on net income (no discontinued operations) of $520 million and a weighted-average number of common shares of 800 million.