Diluted EPS

  • Dilutive securities (41)
    • Stock options, warrants, convertible debt, convertible preferred stock that decrease EPS  if converted to common stock.
  • Anti-dilutive securities (42)
    • Stock options, warrants, convertible debt, convertible preferred stock that increase EPS  if converted to common stock
  • Warrant and stock option
  • Treasury stock method (43)
  • To calculate the number of shares used in the denominator
  • When option and warrants are dilutive
    • The funds received by the company would be used to purchase shares of company’s common stock at the average market price 
    • Number of shares outstanding = number of shares created by options – number of shares repurchased with the proceeds of exercise. 
    • In this example, the firm issued 667 shares to buyer for free, each share value is at $30.  
  • Diluted EPS equation (44)
  • Adjusted income available for common shares = net income – preferred dividends + dividends on convertible preferred stock + after-tax interest on convertible debt.

Note: 

  • Dilutive securities: 
    • financial instruments like stock options, warrants, convertible bonds, etc. which increases the number of common stock, if exercised.
  • Prefer dividends
    • dividends that are accrued paid on a company’s preferred stock
  • Preferred shareholder: 
    • generally callable at the company’s option.
    • Unlike common shares, preferred shares do not come with voting rights.
    • stock that entitles the holder to a fixed dividend,
    • preferred shareholders have priority over common shareholders
    • means dividends must always be paid to preferred shareholders before they are paid to common shareholders.
    • In the event of corporate bankruptcy proceedings and liquidation, bonds take preference over preferred stock when receiving payments.
  • Shares repurchased for the treasury
    • Treasury shares are the shares which are bought back by the issuing company, reducing the number of shares outstanding on the open market
  • Convertible bond
    • A bond that can convert to common stock share
  • Warrants
    • A derivative that give the right but not obligation to buy or sell security
  • Convertible preferred stock 
    • a type of preferred stock that gives holders the option to convert their preferred shares into a fixed number of common shares after a specified date
  • Stock option
    • Contract between two parties in which the stock option buyer (holder) purchases the right (but not the obligation) to buy/sell 100 shares of an underlying stock at a predetermined price from/to the option seller (writer) within a fixed period of time.