Vivi Corporation had net income of $401,000 in 2015. The company's Common Stock account balance all year long was $267,000 ($10 par stock). The company does not hold any Treasury Stock. The market price per share as of December 31, 2015, was $33.50. Calculate the price-earnings ratio for 2015.

2.23 is the price earnings ratio.

Explanation:

Firstly we must find the Earnings per share for this problem as it is needed to calculate the price earnings ratio so earnings per share = (Net income)/(Number of shares outstanding).

we are given net income of $401000 then to obtain number of shares outstanding for 2015 are $267000/$10 as we saw the company's common stock account balance all year long was that value of which each share has a par value of $10, then we get outstanding shares which are 26700 now we calculate the earnings per share (EPS) by using the above formula with substituting the above mentioned values :

Earnings Per Share= $401000/26700

                              = $15.01872659

now we will use the Price Earnings Ratio formula which is

Price Earnings Ratio = (current share price)/(earnings per share )

we have been given a current share price of $33.50 now we will use the earnings per share which was calculated above.

Price Earnings Ratio = $33.50/$15.01872659

                                   = 2.230548628 then we round off the answer to two decimal places

Price Earnings Ratio = 2.23

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