Determine common stock dividend per share:   Stockholder equity: 7 1/2% cumulative preferred stock, $100 par value 100,000 share authorized                                                                              $2, 600,000 Common stock $2 par value, 900,000 shares authorized        900,000 Additional paid in caital: common stock                                 8,700,000 Retained earnings                                                                    2,595,000 Total stockholders equity                                                       14,795,000   Assume that retained earnings at the beginning of the year amounted to $717, 500 and the net income for the year was $3,970,000. What was the dividend declared during the year on each of the common stock?   Number of issued shares of preferred stock                 26000 Annual preferred stock dividend                                    195,000 Number of oustanding shares of common stock          450000 Average issuance price of common stock                      21.33 per share legal capital                                                                $3,500,000 Paid in capital                                                             $ 12,200,000 Book value of common stock                                      $27.10 Common stock dividend per share                          ???????

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Determine common stock dividend per share:

 

Stockholder equity:

7 1/2% cumulative preferred stock, $100 par value 100,000 share authorized                                                                              $2, 600,000

Common stock $2 par value, 900,000 shares authorized        900,000

Additional paid in caital: common stock                                 8,700,000

Retained earnings                                                                    2,595,000

Total stockholders equity                                                       14,795,000

 

Assume that retained earnings at the beginning of the year amounted to $717, 500 and the net income for the year was $3,970,000. What was the dividend declared during the year on each of the common stock?

 

Number of issued shares of preferred stock                 26000

Annual preferred stock dividend                                    195,000

Number of oustanding shares of common stock          450000

Average issuance price of common stock                      21.33 per share

legal capital                                                                $3,500,000

Paid in capital                                                             $ 12,200,000

Book value of common stock                                      $27.10

Common stock dividend per share                          ???????

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