The Following Information Is Available for Bradshaw Corporation and Newell

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 2013 and 2014 occur in the middle of the year.
D) Newell is more financially stable than Bradshaw.