The stock of Payout Corp. will go ex-dividend tomorrow. The dividend will be $.50 per share, and there are 20,000 shares of stock outstanding. The market-value balance sheet for Payout is shown in the following table. Assets Liabilities & Equity Cash $100,000 Fixed Equity $1,000,000 Total assets 900,000 Total $1,000,000 $1,000,000 Required: (a.) (Ь.) (c.) What price is Payout stock selling for today? What price will it sell for tomorrow? Ignore taxes. Suppose that instead of paying a dividend, Payout Corp. announces that it will repurchase stock with a market value of $10,000. What happens to the stock price when the repurchase proposal is announced? Suppose that the stock is repurchased immediately after the announcement. What would be the stock price after the repurchase? (d.)

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The stock of Payout Corp. will go ex-dividend tomorrow. The dividend will be $.50 per share,
and there are 20,000 shares of stock outstanding. The market-value balance sheet for
Payout is shown in the following table.
Liabilities & Equity
Assets
$100,000
Cash
Fixed
$1,000,000
$1,000,000
assets
900,000
Equity
Total
$1,000,000
Total
Required:
(a.)
(b.)
(c.)
What price is Payout stock selling for today?
What price will it sell for tomorrow? Ignore taxes.
Suppose that instead of paying a dividend, Payout Corp. announces that it will
repurchase stock with a market value of $10,000. What happens to the stock price
when the repurchase proposal is announced?
Suppose that the stock is repurchased immediately after the announcement. What
would be the stock price after the repurchase?
(d.)
Transcribed Image Text:The stock of Payout Corp. will go ex-dividend tomorrow. The dividend will be $.50 per share, and there are 20,000 shares of stock outstanding. The market-value balance sheet for Payout is shown in the following table. Liabilities & Equity Assets $100,000 Cash Fixed $1,000,000 $1,000,000 assets 900,000 Equity Total $1,000,000 Total Required: (a.) (b.) (c.) What price is Payout stock selling for today? What price will it sell for tomorrow? Ignore taxes. Suppose that instead of paying a dividend, Payout Corp. announces that it will repurchase stock with a market value of $10,000. What happens to the stock price when the repurchase proposal is announced? Suppose that the stock is repurchased immediately after the announcement. What would be the stock price after the repurchase? (d.)
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with a market value of $10,000. What happens to the stock price when the repurchase
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