Looking at the financials for the good old XYZ Corp, in 2016 they had a retained earnings balance of $7,933 million. In 2017, just one year later, it was $9,557 million! XYZ sold no stock during the year BUT they did pay out $442 million in common stock dividends. You also know that their DPS for 2017 is $0.51.
What must have been XYZ's net income for the year?
How many shares of stock must be outstanding?