The following information pertains to Ceil Co., a company whose common stock trades in a public market:

Shares outstanding at 1/1

100,000

Stock dividend at 3/31

24,000

Stock issuance at 6/30

5,000

What is the weighted-average number of shares Ceil should use to calculate its basic earnings per share for the year ended December 31?

  1. 120,500
  2. 123,000
  3. 126,500
  4. 129,000