The year-end balance sheet of Smithfield Products includes the following stockho
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The year-end balance sheet of Smithfield Products includes the following stockholders' equity section
(with certain details omitted):
Stockholders' equity:
7 1/2% cumulative preferred stock, $100 par value, 100,000 shares authorized $ 2,400,000
The year-end balance sheet of Smithfield Products includes the following stockholders' equity section
(with certain details omitted):
Common stock, $2 par value, 900,000 shares authorized 900,000
Additional paid-in capital: Common stock 7,900,000
Retained earnings $ 2,595,000
Total stockholders' equity $13,795,000
From this information, compute answers to the following questions:
a. How many shares of preferred stock have been issued?
b. What is the total amount of the annual dividends paid to preferred stockholders? (Round intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)
c. How many shares of common stock are outstanding?
d. What was the average issuance price per share of common stock? (Round your answers to 2decimal places.)
e. What is the amount of legal capital? (Omit the "$" sign in your response)
f. What is the total amount of paid-in capital?
g. What is the book value per share of common stock? (There are no dividends in arrears.) (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
h. Assume that retained earnings at the beginning of the year amounted to $717,500 and that net income for the year was $3,970,000. What was the dividend declared during the year on each share of common stock? (Hint: Net income increases retained earnings, whereas dividends decrease retained earnings.)(Round your intermediate and final answers to 2 decimal places.)
Explanation / Answer
a. Shares of preferred stock have been issued $2,400,000/$100 24000 shares b. Total amount of the annual dividends paid to preferred stockholders 7.5% * $2,400,000 $18,000 c. shares of common stock are outstanding $900,000/$2 $450,000 d. average issuance price per share of common stock $7,900,000/$450,000 $17.5 e. amount of legal capital $2,400,000+$900,000 $3,300,000 f. total amount of paid-in capital $2,400,000+$7,900,000 $103,00,000 g. book value per share of common stock $13,795,000/$450,000 $30.65 h.dividend declared during the year on each share of common stock $717500+$3970000-$2595000 $2092500
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