Gitman: Principl Manageri Finance_15 (15th Edition) (What's New in Finance)
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Chapter 14, Problem 14.9P
Stock dividend: Firm Columbia Paper has the following stockholders’ equity account. The firm’s common stock has a current market price of $30 per share.
| $100,000 | |
| Common stock (10,000 shares at $2 par) | $20,000 |
| Paid-in capital in excess of par | $280,000 |
| $100,000 | |
| Total stockholders’ equity | $500,000 |
- a. Show the effects on Columbia of a 5% stock dividend.
- b. Show the effects of (1) a 10% and (2) a 20% stock dividend.
- c. In light of your answers to parts a and b, discuss the effects of stock dividends on stockholders’ equity.
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