Concept explainers
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Preferred stock: The stock that provides a fixed amount of return (dividend) to its stockholder before paying dividends to common stockholders is referred as preferred stock.
Common stock: These are the ordinary shares that a corporation issues to the investors in order to raise funds. In return, the investors receives a share of profit from the profits earned by the corporation.
Cash dividends: The amount of cash provided by a corporation out of its distributable profits to its shareholders as a return for the amount invested by them is referred as cash dividends.
To record: the stock issuance and cash dividends transactions for Company C.
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To Prepare: the stockholders’ equity section of Company C’s balance sheet at October 31, 2016.
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