The DeMeo Corporation had both common stock and preferred stock outstanding from 20x7 through 20x9. Information about
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The company paid $140,000, $800,000, and $1,100,000 in dividends for 20x7 through 20x9, respectively. The market price per common share was $15 and $17 per share at the end of years 20x8 and 20x9, respectively.
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1. Determine the dividends per share and total dividends paid to the common and preferred stockholders each year.
2. Assuming that the preferred stock was noncumulative, repeat the computations performed in requirement 1.
3. Calculate the 20x8 and 20x9 dividends yield for common stock using dividends per share computed in requirement 2.
4. User Insight: How are cumulative preferred stock and noncumulative preferred stock similar to long-term bonds? How do they differ from long-term bonds?
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Principles of Accounting
ISBN: 978-0618736614
10th edition
Authors: Belverd Needles, Marian Powers, Susan Crosson