The year-end balance sheet of Ft. Smith Products includes the following stockholders’ equity section (with certain details omitted).   Stockholders' equity:       7 1/2% cumulative preferred stock, $100 par value, 100,000 shares authorized $ 2,600,000   Common stock, $2 par value, 900,000 shares authorized   900,000   Additional paid-in capital: common stock   7,800,000   Retained earnings   2,595,000   Total stockholders' equity $ 13,895,000       Required: From this information, compute answers to the following questions.   a. How many shares of preferred stock have been issued? b. What is the total amount of the annual dividends paid to preferred stockholders? (Round intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.) c. How many shares of common stock are outstanding?

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The year-end balance sheet of Ft. Smith Products includes the following stockholders’ equity section (with certain details omitted).

 

Stockholders' equity:      
7 1/2% cumulative preferred stock, $100 par value, 100,000 shares authorized $ 2,600,000  
Common stock, $2 par value, 900,000 shares authorized   900,000  
Additional paid-in capital: common stock   7,800,000  
Retained earnings   2,595,000  
Total stockholders' equity $ 13,895,000  
 

 

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From this information, compute answers to the following questions.

 

a. How many shares of preferred stock have been issued?

b. What is the total amount of the annual dividends paid to preferred stockholders? (Round intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

c. How many shares of common stock are outstanding?

d. What was the average issuance price per share of common stock? (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

e. What is the amount of legal capital?

f. What is the total amount of paid-in capital?

g. What is the book value per share of common stock? (There are no dividends in arrears.) (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

h. Assume that retained earnings at the beginning of the year amounted to $717,500 and that net income for the year was $3,970,000. What was the dividend declared during the year on each share of common stock? (Hint: Net income increases retained earnings, whereas dividends decrease retained earnings.) (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

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