
Concept explainers
Dividends:
It is the amount of profit that is distributed among shareholders of the company. It can be distributed in two ways, one is cash dividend and other is stock dividend.
It is the type of stock that company keeps with itself either by not issuing the shares or by buying back of shares.
Common Stock:
It shows the total amount of money that the owner has in this business. Owner use their right of being owner by voting for important matters in the general meetings of the company.
Preferred stock is a sort of stockholder’s capital which has special right as comparison to equity to shareholder, like fixed dividend and preferential treatment in event of liquidation and payment of dividend.
1.
To identify: Number of classes of shares.
2.
To identify: Par value, number of authorized and issued shares of two classes of shares.
3.
To identify: Amount paid to purchase treasury stock.
4.
To identify: Cash dividend to common stock in 2015.

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