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Squash Delight Inc. has the following balance sheet:
Assets | ||
Cash | $ | 30,000 |
Accounts receivable | 317,000 | |
Fixed assets | 862,000 | |
Total assets | $ | 1,209,000 |
Liabilities | ||
Accounts payable | $ | 262,000 |
Notes payable | 56,000 | |
Common stock (130,000 shares @ $2 par) | 260,000 | |
Capital in excess of par | 100,000 | |
Retained earnings | 531,000 | |
Total liabilities & owners' equity | $ | 1,209,000 |
The firm’s stock sells for $12 a share.
a. Show the effect on the capital accounts of a two-for-one stock split. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to the nearest whole dollar.)
b. Show the effect on the capital accounts of a 10 percent stock dividend. Part b is separate from part a. In part b, do not assume the stock split has taken place. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to the nearest whole dollar.)
c. Based on the balance in retained earnings, which of the two dividend plans is more restrictive on future cash dividends?
Stock split
Stock dividend
a. A stock split does not affect the monetary values in the capital accounts or the balance sheet. After the stock split, the par value of the stock will be reduced to $1 and number of shares will be increased to 260,000
b. Stock dividends will be paid out from Retained earnings
c) In case of stock splits, the balance of retained earnings remains the same at $531,000. But in case of stock dividends, the blance of retained earnings is reduced to $375,000.
So Stock dividends are more restrictive on future cash dividends compared to stock splits