Melcher, Inc., originally sold 100,000 shares of its $10 par value common stock at $25 per share.

Question:

Melcher, Inc., originally sold 100,000 shares of its $10 at $25 per share.
Several years later the company repurchased 10,000 of these shares at $55 per share. Melcher currently holds those shares in treasury. Prepare the company’s stockholders’ equity section of the to reflect this information.

Common Stock
Common stock is an equity component that represents the worth of stock owned by the shareholders of the company. The common stock represents the par value of the shares outstanding at a balance sheet date. Public companies can trade their stocks on... Balance Sheet
Balance sheet is a statement of the financial position of a business that list all the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity and shareholder’s equity at a particular point of time. A balance sheet is also called as a “statement of financial... Par Value
Par value is the face value of a bond. Par value is important for a bond or fixed-income instrument because it determines its maturity value as well as the dollar value of coupon payments. The market price of a bond may be above or below par,...