Question 1

A corporation reports the following year-end stockholders' equity:
  Determine the following:
(1)Par value for the preferred stock.
(2)Book value per share for common stock

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Question 2

A company reports the following stockholders' equity:
Paid-in Capital:
  Compute the (1)number of common shares outstanding and (2)book value per common share.

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Paid-in...

Question 3

A company's stock is selling for $35.70 per share at year-end.This current year it paid shareholders a $1.43 per share cash dividend,reported earnings per share of $11.00,and had 750,000 common shares outstanding at year-end.Calculate the company's dividend yield.

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Question 4

A company has 2,000,000 common shares authorized,400,000 common shares issued,and 15,000 common shares in treasury stock at the current year-end.It paid $0.96 per share cash dividends during the year.The year-end market price of the stock is $15.Calculate (1)the total dividends paid and (2)the dividend yield.

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Question 5

A company paid a cash dividend of $0.88 per share during the current year,and reported 18,000 shares of common stock issued,and 2,000 common shares in treasury stock during the current year.The year-end market price per share was $27.50.Calculate the following: (1)total amount of cash dividends paid to common shareholders,and (2)dividend yield.

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Question 6

On June 30,a company declared a cash dividend of $0.35 per common share to the shareholders of record on July 15.The cash dividend will be paid on July 31.This company has 500,000 shares authorized and 100,000 shares outstanding.Prepare the journal entries required on June 30,July 15 and July 31.

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Question 7

A company has $2,400,000 in stockholders' equity that includes 500 shares of $50 par value preferred stock outstanding and 250,000 shares of common stock outstanding.Calculate the book value per (1)preferred share,and (2)common share.

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Question 8

A company has $200,000 of 10% noncumulative,nonparticipating,preferred stock outstanding,and $150,000 of common stock outstanding.In the company's first year of operation,no dividends were paid,but during the second year,it paid cash dividends of $25,000.Compute the dividends to be distributed to (1)preferred shares and (2)common shares.

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Question 9

A corporation paid a cash dividend of $0.85 per share during the current year.It had 1,550,000 common shares outstanding at year-end,its current year earnings per share was $3.45,and the stock's year-end market price was $10.63 per share.Calculate the company's dividend yield.

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Question 10

Cactus Joe Corporation reported stockholders' equity on January 1 of the current year as follows: Common Stock,$5 par value,1,000,000 shares authorized,600,000 shares issued; Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par Value,Common Stock,$1,025,000; Retained Earnings,$1,850,000.Prepare journal entries to record the following transactions:

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Question 11

A corporation had the following stock outstanding when the company's board of directors declared a $75,000 cash dividend in the current year:
  Allocate the cash dividend between the preferred and common stockholders assuming the preferred stock is noncumulative and nonparticipating.

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Question 12

The stockholders' equity section of a company's year-end balance sheet follows:

The preferred stock has one year of dividends in arrears.Calculate the book value per common share.

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Question 13

A company is authorized to issue 750,000 shares of $2 par value common stock.Prepare journal entries to record the following selected transactions that occurred during the company's first year of operations:

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Question 14

Lafferty Corporation reported earnings per share of $9.75,paid a $6.00 cash dividend per share to preferred shareholders,and paid a $0.54 cash dividend per share to common shareholders.There were 10,000 shares of preferred stock outstanding and 600,000 shares of common stock outstanding during the year,and the market price per share of common stock was $41.60.Calculate the company's dividend yield for common stock.

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Question 15

On September 20,Fletcher Corporation issued 25,000 shares of no-par common stock for equipment having a market value of $85,000.Prepare the general journal entry to record this transaction.

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Question 16

Avro Corporation has $875,000 in stockholders' equity and 350,000 weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding.Calculate the book value per common share.

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Question 17

On July 1,a corporation issued 15,000 shares of no-par common stock with a stated value of $3 per share in exchange for a tract of land having a market value of $215,000.Prepare the general journal entry to record this transaction.

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Question 18

A company was organized in January Year 1 and has 20,000 shares of $10 par value,10%,nonparticipating preferred stock outstanding and 150,000 shares of $2 par value common stock outstanding.It has declared and paid cash dividends each year as shown below.Calculate the total dividends distributed to each class of stockholder under each of the assumptions given.

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Question 19

A corporation had the following stock outstanding when the company's board of directors declared a $55,000 cash dividend during the current year:

Allocate the cash dividend between the preferred and common stockholders assuming the preferred stock is cumulative and nonparticipating and dividends are one year in arrears.

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Question 20

The following selected transactions took place during the current year for a company:
  (a)Prepare the journal entries for these transactions.
(b)If Retained Earnings had a $155,000 credit balance on January 1,calculate its year-end balance as of December 31.

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Quiz 11: Corporate Reporting and Analysis

A corporation reports the following year-end stockholders' equity: Determine the following: (1)Par value for the preferred stock. (2)Book value per share for common stock

A company reports the following stockholders' equity: Paid-in Capital: Compute the (1)number of common shares outstanding and (2)book value per common share.