
Concept explainers
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Cash dividends: The amount of cash provided by a corporation out of its distributable profits to its shareholders as a return for the amount invested by them is referred as cash dividends.
Common stock: These are the ordinary shares that a corporation issues to the investors in order to raise funds. In return, the investors receive a share of profit from the profits earned by the corporation.
Preferred stock: The stock that provides a fixed amount of return (dividend) to its stockholder before paying dividends to common stockholders is referred to preferred stock.
To determine: the dividend paid to non-cumulative preferred stockholders and common stockholders.
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the dividend paid to non-cumulative preferred stockholders and common stockholders.
3.
the dividend paid to cumulative preferred stockholders and common stockholders.

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