Kraken Corporation has the following capital stock outstanding at the end of the current year: Preferred stock,

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Kraken Corporation has the following capital stock outstanding at the end of the current year:
Preferred stock, 6 percent, $15 par value, 8,000 outstanding shares Common stock, $8 par value, 30,000 outstanding shares
On October 1 of the current year, the board of directors declared dividends as follows: Preferred stock: Cash dividend, payable December 20 of the current year Common stock: 50 percent common stock dividend issuable December 20 of the current year
On October 1 of the current year, the market price of Kraken’s preferred stock was $40 per share, and the market price of its common stock was $32 per share.


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Explain how the preferred stock dividend and common stock dividend affect the company’s total assets, total liabilities, and total stockholders’ equity.

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Financial Accounting

ISBN: 9781264229734

11th Edition

Authors: Robert Libby, Patricia Libby, Frank Hodge

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