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Sandpiper Company has 25,000 shares of cumulative preferred 2% stock, $150 par and 50,000 shares of $25 par common stock. The following amounts were distributed as dividends: 20Y1 $150,000 20Y2 30,000 20Y3 225,000 Determine the dividends per share for preferred and common stock for each year. Round all answers to two decimal places. If an answer is zero, enter '0'.
Dividend entitled for Cumulative preference
shareholders=25000*$150*2%
=$75000
The common stockholders are entitled to dividend only after paying to preference shareholders. In case of cumulative preference shareholders, if any dividends for previous years were missed, the same would be paid in the subsequent years before paying any dividend to common stockholders.
In 20Y1
Prefence shareholders' dividend = $75000
per share = $75000/25000 = $3 per share
Common shareholders' dividend = $150000-$75000
=$75000
per share = $75000/50000 = $1.5 per share
In 20Y2
Prefence shareholders' dividend = $30000
per share = $30000/25000 = $1.2 per share
Common shareholders' dividend= NIL
In 20Y3
Preference shareholders' dividend= $75000 + ($75000-$30000)
= $120000
per share = $120000/25000 = $4.8 per share
Common stockholders, dividend=$225000-$120000
= $105000
per share = $105000/50000 = $2.1 per share