FUND. OF CORPORATE FINANCE W/ACCESS >I
FUND. OF CORPORATE FINANCE W/ACCESS >I
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Stock Dividend: When a firm has a shortage of cash it distributes the dividend to the shareholders in the form of additional shares rather than paying a dividend in cash. This payment of the firm is called a stock dividend.

Stock Split: When a firm decides to issue more shares to the existing shareholders in order to increase the number of outstanding shares, it is termed as a stock split. After a split stock price gets reduced as the number of outstanding shares increases.

To determine:

The difference between a stock dividend and a stock split.

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