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Chapter 14, Problem 14.15P
Stock split versus stock dividend: Firm Mammoth Corporation is considering a 3-for-2 stock split. It currently has the stockholders’ equity position as shown. The current stock price is $120 per share. The most recent period's earnings available for common stock are included in
| $1,000,000 | |
| Common stock (100,000 shares at $3 par) | $300,000 |
| Paid-in capital in excess of par | $1,700,000 |
| Retained earnings | $10,000,000 |
| Total stockholders’ equity | $13,000,000 |
- a. What effects on Mammoth would result from the stock split?
- b. What change in stock price would you expect to result from the stock split?
- c. What is the maximum cash dividend per share that the firm could pay on common stock before and after the stock split? (Assume that legal capital includes all paid-in capital.)
- d. Contrast your answers to parts a through c with the circumstances surrounding a 50% stock dividend.
- e. Explain the differences between stock splits and stock dividends.
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Ch. 14.5 - Describe a constant-payout-ratio dividend policy,...Ch. 14.6 - Why do firms issue stock dividends? Comment on the...Ch. 14.6 - Compare a stock split with a stock dividend.Ch. 14 - Prob. 1ORCh. 14 - Prob. 14.1STPCh. 14 - Prob. 14.1WUECh. 14 - Prob. 14.2WUECh. 14 - Prob. 14.3WUECh. 14 - Prob. 14.4WUECh. 14 - Prob. 14.5WUECh. 14 - Dividend payment procedures At the quarterly...Ch. 14 - Prob. 14.2PCh. 14 - Prob. 14.3PCh. 14 - Dividend constraints The Howe Companys...Ch. 14 - Prob. 14.5PCh. 14 - Prob. 14.6PCh. 14 - Prob. 14.7PCh. 14 - Prob. 14.8PCh. 14 - Stock dividend: Firm Columbia Paper has the...Ch. 14 - Cash versus stock dividend Milwaukee Tool has the...Ch. 14 - Stock dividend: Investor Sarah Warren currently...Ch. 14 - Stock dividend: Investor Security Data Company has...Ch. 14 - Stock split: Firm Growth Industries current...Ch. 14 - Prob. 14.14PCh. 14 - Stock split versus stock dividend: Firm Mammoth...Ch. 14 - Prob. 14.16PCh. 14 - Prob. 14.17PCh. 14 - Prob. 14.18PCh. 14 - Prob. 14.19P
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