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Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions
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Transcribed Image Text:a. What adjustments would have to be made to the capital accounts for a 15 percent stock dividend? Show the new capital accounts
(Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answers in dollars, not millions (e.g. $1,230,000).)
Capital Accounts
Common stock
Capital in excess of par
Retained earnings
Net worth
b. What adjustments would be made to EPS and the stock price? (Assume the P/E ratio remains constant) (Do not round intermediete
calculations and round your answers to 2 decimel pleces)
EPS
Slock price
c. How many shares would an investor have if he or she originaly had 100? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your
enswer to the nearest whole shere.)
Number of shares
d. What is the investor's total investment worth before and after the stock dividend if the PE ratio remains constant? (Do not round
intermediate calculations and round your answers to the nearest whole dollar.):
Total Investment
Before stock dividend
Alter stock dividend
e. Assume Mr. Heart, the president of Health Systems, wishes to benefit stockholders by keeping the cash dividend at a previous level
of $110 in spite of the fact that the stockholders now have 15 percent more shares Because the cash dividend is not reduced, the
stock price is assumed to remain at $48
What is an investor's total investment worth after the stock dividend if he/she had 100 shares before the stock dividend?
Total investrent
f. Under the scenario descnbed in part e, is the investor better off?
O Yes
O No
g. As a final question, what is the dividend yeld on this stock under the scenario described in part e (Input your answer as a percent
rounded to 2 decimal places.)
Dividend yield

Transcribed Image Text:Health Systems Inc. is considering a 15 percent stock dividend. The capital accounts are as follows
Conmon stock (5,000, 000 shares at $10 par)
Capital in excess of par
Retalned earnings
$ 50,000,000
35,e00,000
55,000,000
Net worth
$140,000,000
*The increase in capital in excess of par as a result of a stock dividend is equal to the shares created times (Market price- Par value).
The company's stock is selling for $48 per share. The company had total earnings of $12.000,000 with 5,000,000 shares outstanding
and earnings per share were $2.40 The firm has a P/E ratio of 20
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