Exam 11: Corporate Reporting and Analysis

A corporation reported net income of $2,730,000 and paid preferred cash dividends of $120,000 during the current year.There were 600,000 weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding and the market price per common share at year-end was $58.30.Calculate the company's price-earnings ratio.

The following selected transactions took place during the current year for a company: (a)Prepare the journal entries for these transactions. (b)If Retained Earnings had a $155,000 credit balance on January 1,calculate its year-end balance as of December 31.

Record the following transactions of Naches Corporation in general journal form: (a)Reacquired 8,000 of its own $3 par value common stock at $20 cash per share.The stock was originally issued at $15 per share. (b)Sold 2,000 shares of the stock reacquired under part (a)at $23 cash per share. (c)Sold 3,000 shares of the stock reacquired under part (a)at $19 cash per share.

On June 30,a company declared a cash dividend of $0.35 per common share to the shareholders of record on July 15.The cash dividend will be paid on July 31.This company has 500,000 shares authorized and 100,000 shares outstanding.Prepare the journal entries required on June 30,July 15 and July 31.

What is treasury stock? What reasons might a company hold treasury stock?

A company is authorized to issue 750,000 shares of $2 par value common stock.Prepare journal entries to record the following selected transactions that occurred during the company's first year of operations:

Prior period adjustments to financial statements can result from:

A company issued 60 shares of $100 par value common stock for $7,000 cash.The journal entry to record the issuance is:

If a corporation is authorized to issue 1,000 shares of $5 common stock,it is said to have $5,000 of common stock outstanding.

Prior period adjustments are reported in the:

Avro Corporation has $875,000 in stockholders' equity and 350,000 weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding.Calculate the book value per common share.

A stock dividend is a distribution of corporate assets that returns part of the original investment to shareholders.

A company's stock is selling for $35.70 per share at year-end.This current year it paid shareholders a $1.43 per share cash dividend,reported earnings per share of $11.00,and had 750,000 common shares outstanding at year-end.Calculate the company's dividend yield.

A company has 2,000,000 common shares authorized,400,000 common shares issued,and 15,000 common shares in treasury stock at the current year-end.It paid $0.96 per share cash dividends during the year.The year-end market price of the stock is $15.Calculate (1)the total dividends paid and (2)the dividend yield.

Retained earnings:

A company had a beginning balance in retained earnings of $430,000.It had net income of $60,000 and declared and paid cash dividends of $56,250 in the current period.The ending balance in retained earnings equals:

The Paid-in Capital,Treasury Stock account can never have a debit balance.

Preferred stock that limits stockholders to receiving only the stated amount as a dividend is called:

Stocks that pay large cash dividends on a regular basis are called:

The stockholders' equity section of a company's year-end balance sheet follows: The preferred stock has one year of dividends in arrears.Calculate the book value per common share.