Balance Sheet Presentation of Available-for-Sale Investments During Year 1, its first year of operations, Galileo Company purchased two available-for-sale investments as follows: Security Shares Purchased Cost Hawking Inc. 760 $34,124 Pavlov Co. 2,060 48,204 Assume that as of December 31, Year 1, the Hawking Inc. stock had a market value of $53 per share and the Pavlov Co. stock had a market value of $42 per share. Galileo Company had net income of $264,300 and paid no dividends for the year ending December 31, Year 1. All of the available-for-sale investments are classified as current assets. a. Prepare the Current Assets section of the balance sheet presentation for the available-for-sale investments. Galileo Company Balance Sheet (selected items) December 31, Year 1 Assets Current Assets: $ $ b. Prepare the Stockholders' Equity section of the balance sheet to reflect the earnings and unrealized gain (loss) for the available-for-sale investments. Galileo Company Balance Sheet (selected Stockholders' Equity items) December 31, Year 1 Stockholders' Equity $
During Year 1, its first year of operations, Galileo Company purchased two available-for-sale investments as follows:
Security | Shares Purchased | Cost | ||
Hawking Inc. | 760 | $34,124 | ||
Pavlov Co. | 2,060 | 48,204 |
Assume that as of December 31, Year 1, the Hawking Inc. stock had a market value of $53 per share and the Pavlov Co. stock had a market value of $42 per share. Galileo Company had net income of $264,300 and paid no dividends for the year ending December 31, Year 1. All of the available-for-sale investments are classified as current assets.
a. Prepare the Current Assets section of the balance sheet presentation for the available-for-sale investments.
Galileo Company | ||
Balance Sheet (selected items) | ||
December 31, Year 1 | ||
Assets | ||
Current Assets: | ||
$ | ||
$ |
b. Prepare the
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Balance Sheet (selected Stockholders' Equity items) | |
December 31, Year 1 | |
Stockholders' Equity | |
$ | |

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