On Long-term Debt, Equity and Capital Structure * Statement I: Cumulative preferred stock means that if dividends are not paid in a particular year, they must be paid in a later year before any distributions are given to common stockholders. Statement II: Preferred dividends are based on the total par value of the outstandin shares. Statement III: The maximum amount of shares the company can issue as per the corporate charter are the authorized shares.

On Long-term Debt, Equity and Capital Structure * Statement I: Cumulative preferred stock means that if dividends are not paid in a particular year, they must be paid in a later year before any distributions are given to common stockholders. Statement II: Preferred dividends are based on the total par value of the outstandin shares. Statement III: The maximum amount of shares the company can issue as per the corporate charter are the authorized shares.

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Chapter10: Stockholder's Equity

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Stockholders' Equity Terminology A list of terms and a list of definitions or examples are presented below. Make a list of the numbers 1 through 12 and match the letter of the most directly related definition or example with each number Definitions and Examples Capitalizes retained earnings. Shares issued minus treasury shares. Emerson Electric will pay a dividend to all persons holding shares of its common stock on December 15, 2019, even if they just bought the shares and sell them a few days later. The accumulated earnings over the entire life of the corporation that have not been paid out in dividends. Common Stock account balance divided by the number of shares issued. The state of Louisiana set an upper limit of 1,000,000 on the number of shares that Gumps Catch Inc. can issue. Shares that never earn dividends. Any changes to stockholders equity from transactions with no owners. A right to purchase stock at a specified future time and specified price. j. A stock issue that requires no journal entry. k. Shares that may earn guaranteed dividends. 1. On October 15, 2019, General Electric announced its intention to pay a dividend on common stock.
Stock Dividend Comparison Although Oriole Company has enough retained earnings legally to declare a dividend, its working capital is low. The board of directors is considering a stock dividend instead of a cash dividend. The common stock is currently selling at 34 per share. The following is Orioles current shareholders equity: Required: 1. Assuming a 15% stock dividend is declared and issued, prepare the shareholders equity section immediately after the date of issuance. 2. Assuming, instead, that a 30% stock dividend is declared and issued, prepare the shareholders equity section immediately after the date of issuance. 3. Next Level What unusual result do you notice when you compare your answers from Requirement 1 with Requirement 2? From a theoretical standpoint, how might this have been avoided?
Alert Companys shareholders equity prior to any of the following events is as follows: The company is considering the following alternative items: 1. An 8% stock dividend on the common stock when it is selling for 30 per share. 2. A 30% stock dividend on the common stock when it is selling for 32 per share. 3. A special stock dividend to common shareholders consisting of 1 share of preferred stock for every 100 shares of common stock. The preferred stock and common stock are selling for 123 and 31 per share, respectively. 4. A 2-for-1 stock split on the common stock, reducing the par value to 5 per share (assume the same date for declaration and issuance). The market price is 30 per share on the common stock. 5. A property dividend to common shareholders consisting of 100 bonds issued by West Company. These bonds are carried on the Alert Company books as an available-for sale investment at a fair value of 48,000 (which is also its cost); it has a current value of 54,000. 6. A cash dividend, consisting of a normal dividend and a liquidating dividend, on both the preferred and the common stock. The 10% preferred dividend includes a 2% liquidating dividend, and the 2.30 per share common dividend includes a 0.30 per share liquidating dividend (separate liquidating dividend contra accounts should be used). Required: For each of the preceding alternative items: 1. Record (a) the journal entry at the date of declaration and (b) the journal entry at the date of issuance. 2. Compute the balances in the shareholders equity accounts immediately after the issuance (any gains or losses are to be reflected in the retained earnings balance; ignore income taxes).
Treasury Stock For numerous reasons, a corporation may reacquire shares of its own capital stock. When a corporation purchases treasury stock, it has two options as to how to account for the shares: (1) the cost method and (2) the par value method. Required: Write a short report that compares and contrasts the cost method with the par value method for each of the following: 1. Purchase of shares at a price less than par value. 2. Purchase of shares at a price greater than par value. 3. Subsequent resale of treasury shares at a price less than purchase price, but more than par value. 4. Subsequent resale of treasury shares at a price greater than both purchase price and par value. 5. Effect on net income.
Raun Company had the following equity items as of December 31, 2019: Preferred stock, 9% cumulative, 100 par, convertible Paid-in capital in excess of par value on preferred stock Common stock, 1 stated value Paid-in capital in excess of stated value on common stock| Retained earnings The following additional information about Raun was available for the year ended December 31, 2019: 1. There were 2 million shares of preferred stock authorized, of which 1 million were outstanding. All 1 million shares outstanding were issued on January 2, 2016, for 120 a share. The preferred stock is convertible into common stock on a 1-for-1 basis until December 31, 2025; thereafter, the preferred stock ceases to be convertible and is callable at par value by the company. No preferred stock has been converted into common stock, and there were no dividends in arrears at December 31, 2019. 2. The common stock has been issued at amounts above stated value per share since incorporation in 2002. Of the 5 million shares authorized, 3,580,000 were outstanding at January 1, 2019. The market price of the outstanding common stock has increased slowly but consistently for the last 5 years. 3. Raun has an employee share option plan where certain key employees and officers may purchase shares of common stock at 100% of the marker price at the date of the option grant. All options are exercisable in installments of one-third each year, commencing 1 year after the date of the grant, and expire if not exercised within 4 years of the grant date. On January 1, 2019, options for 70,000 shares were outstanding at prices ranging from 47 to 83 a share. Options for 20,000 shares were exercised at 47 to 79 a share during 2019. During 2019, no options expired and additional options for 15,000 shares were granted at 86 a share. The 65,000 options outstanding at December 31, 2019, were exercisable at 54 to 86 a share; of these, 30,000 were exercisable at that date at prices ranging from 54 to 79 a share. 4. Raun also has an employee share purchase plan whereby the company pays one-half and the employee pays one-half of the market price of the stock at the date of the subscription. During 2019, employees subscribed to 60,000 shares at an average price of 87 a share. All 60,000 shares were paid for and issued late in September 2019. 5. On December 31, 2019, there was a total of 355,000 shares of common stock set aside for the granting of future share options and for future purchases under the employee share purchase plan. The only changes in the shareholders equity for 2019 were those described previously, the 2019 net income, and the cash dividends paid. Required: Prepare the shareholders equity section of Rauns balance sheet at December 31, 2019. Substitute, where appropriate, Xs for unknown dollar amounts. Use good form and provide full disclosure. Write appropriate notes as they should appear in the publisher financial statements.
The Castle Company recently reported net profits after taxes of $15.8 million. It has 2.5 million shares of common stock outstanding and pays preferred dividends of $1 million a year. The company’s stock currently trades at $60 per share. Compute the stock’s earnings per share (EPS). What is the stock’s P/E ratio? Determine what the stock’s dividend yield would be if it paid $1.75 per share to common stockholders.
Given the following year-end information, compute Greenwood Corporations basic and diluted earnings per share. Net income, 15,000 The income tax rate, 30% 4,000 shares of common stock were outstanding the entire year. shares of 10%, 50 par (and issuance price) convertible preferred stock were outstanding the entire year. Dividends of 2,500 were declared on this stock during the year. Each share of preferred stock is convertible into 5 shares of common stock.