Concept explainers
(1)
Common stock: Common stock is the cash raised by the company by issuing common or ordinary shares to the stockholders. This is an investment for the shareholders for which they receive the dividends from the issuing company, and have voting rights.
Preferred stock: Preferred stock is the cash raised by the company by issuing preferred shares. This investment fetches a preferential right for dividend for the preferred stockholders over the common stockholders.
Cash dividends: This is the amount of cash distributed to stockholders by a company out its earnings, according to their proportion of shares invested in the company.
To determine: The total dividends and the amount of dividends declared per share for preferred and common stock for each of the six years
(2)
The average annual dividend per share for each class of stock for the six-year period.
(3)
(a)
The average annual percentage return on initial stockholders’ investment, based on the average annual dividend per share for preferred stock
(b)
The average annual percentage return on initial stockholders’ investment, based on the average annual dividend per share for common stock

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CORPORATE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING 15TH ED
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